Semen quality and pathological lesions in rams naturally infected with

Devinda Wickramasingha, Fritz Schumann, Soraya Sayi, Abby Toews, Kamal Gabadage, Roshan Fernandopulle, Dinesh Dadarwal

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Article in The Canadian veterinary journal = La revue veterinaire canadienne, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Ovine epididymitis - a neglected notifiable disease in Germany: a case report.BMC veterinary research · 2026
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7 authors.

Devinda WickramasinghaDepartment of Large Animal Clinical Sciences (Wickramasingha, Schumann, Toews, Gabadage, Fernandopulle, Dadarwal) and Department of Veterinary Pathology (Sayi), Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, 52 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 5B4.

Fritz SchumannDepartment of Large Animal Clinical Sciences (Wickramasingha, Schumann, Toews, Gabadage, Fernandopulle, Dadarwal) and Department of Veterinary Pathology (Sayi), Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, 52 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 5B4.

Soraya SayiDepartment of Large Animal Clinical Sciences (Wickramasingha, Schumann, Toews, Gabadage, Fernandopulle, Dadarwal) and Department of Veterinary Pathology (Sayi), Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, 52 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 5B4.

Abby ToewsDepartment of Large Animal Clinical Sciences (Wickramasingha, Schumann, Toews, Gabadage, Fernandopulle, Dadarwal) and Department of Veterinary Pathology (Sayi), Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, 52 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 5B4.

Kamal GabadageDepartment of Large Animal Clinical Sciences (Wickramasingha, Schumann, Toews, Gabadage, Fernandopulle, Dadarwal) and Department of Veterinary Pathology (Sayi), Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, 52 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 5B4.

Roshan FernandopulleDepartment of Large Animal Clinical Sciences (Wickramasingha, Schumann, Toews, Gabadage, Fernandopulle, Dadarwal) and Department of Veterinary Pathology (Sayi), Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, 52 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 5B4.

Dinesh DadarwalDepartment of Large Animal Clinical Sciences (Wickramasingha, Schumann, Toews, Gabadage, Fernandopulle, Dadarwal) and Department of Veterinary Pathology (Sayi), Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, 52 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 5B4.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This report documents clinical signs, semen parameters, and reproductive organ lesions in rams during a natural

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Brucella ovisBrucellosisDisease OutbreaksSemen AnalysisSheep DiseasesAnimalsMaleSaskatchewanSemenSheep

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PMID40322656

PMCPMC12044969

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