Advances in dairy Research
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ISSN: 2329-888X
ISSN: 2329-888X
Department of Animal and Food Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, United States
Dr. George F.W. Haenlein was a distinguished dairy scientist and professor emeritus in the Department of Animal and Food Sciences at the University of Delaware, Newark, United States. He passed away on April 8, 2023, in Ona, West Virginia.
Review Article
Enterotoxemia: The Deadly Disease Affecting Goats and Sheep Production
Author(s): George F. W. Haenlein* and Young W. Park
Roughages and plant cell walls are not digestible in human gastrointestinal system. However, ruminants, such as cow,
goats and sheep are designed by nature to thrive on roughage and fibrous feeds and are great converters of such feeds
which are neither very digestible nor nutritious among humans, into meat, milk and wool fiber. In fact, ruminants, as
the host animals play a symbiotic relationship with a multitude of beneficial bacteria in their rumen, where these
rumen microorganisms digest the fiber, while the ruminant animal plays the role of bacterial host benefitting from
the microbial digestion products of roughage feeds. Maintenance of an optimal pH is one condition that is essential
for these beneficial bacteria to survive and multiply. However, when the pH optimum gets disrupted or changed,
other pathogenic bacteria species (Eg. Clostridia spp.) w.. View More»
DOI:
10.35248/2329-888X.24.12.658