000097195 001__ 97195 000097195 005__ 20240123082600.0 000097195 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.3390/ani10091529 000097195 0248_ $$2sideral$$a120961 000097195 037__ $$aART-2020-120961 000097195 041__ $$aeng 000097195 100__ $$0(orcid)0000-0002-7655-2472$$aRuiz de Arcaute, M.$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000097195 245__ $$aManagement of risk factors associated with chronic oral lesions in sheep 000097195 260__ $$c2020 000097195 5060_ $$aAccess copy available to the general public$$fUnrestricted 000097195 5203_ $$aOral disorders constitute a significant cause of weight loss in sheep. In a study of disorders of the oral cavity of 36, 033 sheep from 60 meat sheep flocks in Spain, we looked for management risk factors associated with chronic oral lesions. Mandibular and maxillary disorders were assessed as an external manifestation of oral lesions by palpation, searching for tissue swellings, fistulae, or open wounds. The prevalence of flocks containing sheep with jaw disorders was 98.3%, with an average individual prevalence of 5.5%. The majority of lesions were located in in the mid-region of the mandible, and the most relevant risk factor was increasing age. Use of acidic diets based on silage and inclusion of hard foods, such as maize straw or hay, was associated with the occurrence of jaw inflammation. It was concluded that hard diets containing plant material with edges and sharp areas, plus acidic foods including silage, are more likely to cause lesions of the gingiva, enabling entry of pathogens to the oral mucosa that eventually establish locally in bony tissues, usually as mandibular osteomyelitis. It was also observed that mineral supplementation appears to prevent the occurrence of these lesions. 000097195 536__ $$9info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA/A15-17R 000097195 540__ $$9info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess$$aby$$uhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/ 000097195 590__ $$a2.752$$b2020 000097195 591__ $$aVETERINARY SCIENCES$$b19 / 146 = 0.13$$c2020$$dQ1$$eT1 000097195 591__ $$aAGRICULTURE, DAIRY & ANIMAL SCIENCE$$b13 / 63 = 0.206$$c2020$$dQ1$$eT1 000097195 592__ $$a0.583$$b2020 000097195 593__ $$aVeterinary (miscellaneous)$$c2020$$dQ1 000097195 593__ $$aAnimal Science and Zoology$$c2020$$dQ1 000097195 655_4 $$ainfo:eu-repo/semantics/article$$vinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 000097195 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0002-7822-6646$$aLacasta, D.$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000097195 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0002-4655-9171$$aGonzález, J.M.$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000097195 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0003-0042-8800$$aFerrer, L.M.$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000097195 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0002-3330-6108$$aOrtega, M. 000097195 700__ $$aRuiz, H. 000097195 700__ $$aVentura, J.A. 000097195 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0002-2724-2785$$aRamos, J.J.$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000097195 7102_ $$11009$$2617$$aUniversidad de Zaragoza$$bDpto. Patología Animal$$cÁrea Medicina y Cirugía Animal 000097195 773__ $$g10, 9 (2020), 1-11$$pAnimals (Basel)$$tAnimals$$x2076-2615 000097195 8564_ $$s412157$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/97195/files/texto_completo.pdf$$yVersión publicada 000097195 8564_ $$s487493$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/97195/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon$$xicon$$yVersión publicada 000097195 909CO $$ooai:zaguan.unizar.es:97195$$particulos$$pdriver 000097195 951__ $$a2024-01-23-08:21:48 000097195 980__ $$aARTICLE