caa a22 4500 388112743 CHVBK 20180307125357.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130e199904 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1017/S0022149X99000566 doi S0022149X99000566 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1017/S0022149X99000566 The effect of transportation and confinement stress on egg production by Dicrocoelium dendriticum in sheep [Elektronische Daten] The effect of transportation and confinement stress on Dicrocoelium dendriticum egg production was investigated. Sheep passing a minimum of 200 eggs g-1 of faeces were selected from a naturally infected flock. A group of six ewes (group A) was transferred to the laboratory premises and kept indoors for 28 days, while another group (B) of six ewes remained on pasture and was used as a control. Faecal examinations and egg counting were performed weekly, on all sheep, from one week before to 28 days after the transportation of the animals. Comparison of faecal egg counts between groups revealed higher (P < 0.01) counts in transported sheep sampled on days 7, 14 and 28 of the trial. Furthermore, egg counts obtained from sheep that were transferred remained consistently high while the ones from sheep that remained on pasture showed significant variation. Therefore, it is concluded that stress-inducing factors, such as transportation and confinement may enhance egg production of D. dendriticum. Cambridge University Press Sotiraki S.T. Laboratory of Parasitology and Parasitic Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Aristotelian University, Thessaloniki, 54 006, Greece Leontides L.S. Laboratory of Parasitology and Parasitic Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Aristotelian University, Thessaloniki, 54 006, Greece Himonas C.A. Laboratory of Parasitology and Parasitic Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Aristotelian University, Thessaloniki, 54 006, Greece Journal of Helminthology Cambridge University Press 73/4(1999-04), 337-339 0022-149X 73:4<337 1999 73 JHL https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022149X99000566 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022149X99000566 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Sotiraki S.T. Laboratory of Parasitology and Parasitic Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Aristotelian University, Thessaloniki, 54 006, Greece NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Leontides L.S. Laboratory of Parasitology and Parasitic Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Aristotelian University, Thessaloniki, 54 006, Greece NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Himonas C.A. Laboratory of Parasitology and Parasitic Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Aristotelian University, Thessaloniki, 54 006, Greece NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Helminthology Cambridge University Press 73/4(1999-04), 337-339 0022-149X 73:4<337 1999 73 JHL CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge