Deaths due to suspected hypothermia in sheep and alpacas on a Manawatū farm in New Zealand in mid-summer.

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dc.citation.issue1
dc.citation.volume72
dc.contributor.authorRidler AL
dc.contributor.authorGulliver EL
dc.contributor.authorCastillo-Alcala F
dc.coverage.spatialEngland
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-24T03:23:26Z
dc.date.available2024-07-24T03:23:26Z
dc.date.issued2024-01-01
dc.description.abstractCASE HISTORY: In mid-summer (February), 42 of a flock of 68 ram hoggets (approximately 5 months of age) and two of a group of 14 alpacas on a farm in the Manawatū region of New Zealand were found recumbent or dead following a period of persistent rain, strong winds and relatively low temperatures. The hoggets and alpacas had been shorn 4 and 53 days previously, respectively, and were in adequate to good body condition with access to ad libitum pasture. Post-mortem and histological examinations were undertaken on four hoggets and two alpacas. CLINICAL FINDINGS: Apart from hypothermic body temperatures from four recumbent hoggets, nothing of significance was identified on clinical or gross pathological examination. Histological changes of vacuolar hepatopathy, renal tubular degeneration and pulmonary congestion were present in all animals examined. DIAGNOSIS: Based on the history and clinical and pathological findings, hypothermia was highly probable to have been the cause of the deaths. CLINICAL RELEVANCE: These cases emphasise the importance of shelter for recently shorn sheep and alpacas regardless of the season.
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dc.edition.edition2024
dc.format.pagination39-44
dc.identifier.author-urlhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37709275
dc.identifier.citationRidler AL, Gulliver EL, Castillo-Alcala F. (2024). Deaths due to suspected hypothermia in sheep and alpacas on a Manawatū farm in New Zealand in mid-summer.. N Z Vet J. 72. 1. (pp. 39-44).
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/00480169.2023.2251425
dc.identifier.eissn1176-0710
dc.identifier.elements-typejournal-article
dc.identifier.issn0048-0169
dc.identifier.urihttps://mro.massey.ac.nz/handle/10179/70320
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherTaylor and Francis Group
dc.publisher.urihttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00480169.2023.2251425
dc.relation.isPartOfN Z Vet J
dc.rights(c) 2023 The Author/s
dc.rightsCC BY-NC-ND 4.0
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectSheep
dc.subjectalpaca
dc.subjectclimate
dc.subjectcold exposure
dc.subjecthypothermia
dc.subjectmortality
dc.subjectAnimals
dc.subjectSheep
dc.subjectMale
dc.subjectSeasons
dc.subjectHypothermia
dc.subjectFarms
dc.subjectCamelids, New World
dc.subjectNew Zealand
dc.titleDeaths due to suspected hypothermia in sheep and alpacas on a Manawatū farm in New Zealand in mid-summer.
dc.typeJournal article
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