Clinical and laboratorial evaluation of lambs born at term and preterm

• Grant number: 10/19497-4
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• Start date: April 01, 2011
• End date: March 31, 2013
• Field of knowledge: Agronomical Sciences - Veterinary Medicine - Animal Clinics and Surgery
• Principal Investigator: Francisco Leydson Formiga Feitosa
• Grantee: Francisco Leydson Formiga Feitosa
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Odontologia (FOA). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Araçatuba. Araçatuba , SP, Brazil
• Associated researchers: Juliana Regina Peiró ; Luiz Claudio Nogueira Mendes ; Paulo Sergio Patto dos Santos

Abstract

After birth, the newborn's survival depends on intense changes in respiratory and circulatory patterns. The neonatal asphyxia (neonatal acidosis) is a complex pathology that affects newborn ruminants and it has its origin already in the middle of intrauterine and / or during the birth process, and / or due to immaturity in premature births. In lambs, severe hypoxia during birth causes death soon after birth, with a higher risk of metabolic acidosis and reduced capacity for heat production (thermogenesis) in those who survive, which leads to the development of hypothermia. During the birth, the animal is submitted to low oxygen supply. The quantities of serum immunoglobulins, within 48 hours of life, are related to the health of animals before and after weaning, and indirectly related to weight gain during these periods, because of the higher frequency of illnesses in animals with low rates of colostral protection. (AU)

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

FRANCISCO LEYDSON FORMIGA FEITOSA; LARISSA GABRIELA ÁVILA; FERNANDA BOVINO; GUILHERME GONÇALVES FABRETTI SANTOS; LUIZ CLÁUDIO NOGUEIRA MENDES; JULIANA REGINA PEIRÓ; SÍLVIA HELENA VENTUROLLI PERRI. Efeitos da corticoterapia materna nos valores hemogasométricos de cordeiros nascidos a termo e prematuros. Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira, v. 37, n. 5, p. 521-525, 2017-05-00. (10/19497-4, 11/01123-3)

F.L. F. FEITOSA; J.F. ALCINDO; L.G. NARCISO; F. BOVINO; N.C. DE SOUZA; L.C.N. MENDES; J.R. PEIRÓ; S.H.V. PERRI; L.G. AVILA. Parâmetros hematológicos e perfil bioquímico renal de cordeiros nascidos a termo e prematuros. Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, v. 69, n. 3, p. 627-636, 2017-06-00. (10/19497-4, 11/01123-3)