Precautions for pregnant women during the lambing season

Hospitalizations with respiratory illness among pregnant women during influenza season.

OBJECTIVE To examine hospitalizations with respiratory illness among pregnant women in the United States during periods of influenza activity. METHODS Data were obtained from the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project National Inpatient Sample (NIS), the largest publicly available all-payer hospital discharge database. Hospitalizations for respiratory illness and pregnancy were classified wi...

The hidden hazards of spring: why pregnant women and the immunocompromised should avoid lambing.

Impact of Schmallenberg virus on British sheep farms during the 2011/2012 lambing season

British sheep farmers were invited to complete a questionnaire about the impact of Schmallenberg virus (SBV) on animal health, welfare and their own emotional wellbeing during the 2011-2012 lambing season, through Defra and Farming Industry websites, letters to farmers who had requested SBV laboratory tests and advertisement at Sheep 2012. The 494 responders included SBV confirmed (positive by ...

Small ruminant abortions in The Netherlands during lambing season 2012–2013

Abortion in small ruminants can be caused by various non-infectious and infectious agents (Givens and Marley 2008, Holler 2012). Several infectious agents can cause serious disease in human beings. As a consequence, abortion results in reproductive loss and also can have severe zoonotic implications, as became apparent in 2007–2010 when Coxiella burnetii, originating from dairy goat farms with ...

Anestrous Estrous Season Season Breeding Breeoing January June October Artificial Insemination / ~ Plasma L Assays Lambing

The influence of pregnant mares' serum gonadotropin (PMSG) on reproductive performance of sheep bred by artificial insemination (AI) was studied in the anestrous and estrous seasons. Ewes were treated with progestogenimpregnated intravaginal sponges in June and October. One-half of the ewes in each trial received PMSG at sponge removal and were inseminated 55 h after sponge removal. One-half of...