Clinic for Small Animal Medicine and Surgery, Veterinary Faculty, University of Ljubljana, 1115 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Vet Rec. 2010 Jul 24;167(4):134-7. doi: 10.1136/vr.c3328.
Observations were made on a small flock of 50 sheep of the native Slovenian Jezersko-Solcava breed by investigators with dental training. The aim was to determine the range of naturally occurring dental diseases, so postmortem examinations were performed on animals slaughtered for meat or culled due to disease. Additional data were obtained by examination of 25 specimens submitted for investigation of unexplained death at a pathology centre. Seventeen (34 per cent) of the flock had incisor disease but only five became clinically ill; all these five had advanced cheek tooth disease (gingival recession, periodontal pocketing, diastemata, missing teeth, occlusal wear abnormalities, food impaction, tooth mobility, tooth fracture, tooth loss and/or jaw abscessation). Advanced cheek tooth disease was found in 21 (84 per cent) of the sheep submitted to the pathology laboratory, while only seven (28 per cent) had advanced incisor disease. The results show that, as in other countries, dental disease is a serious problem for sheep in Slovenia.
研究人员对一个由 50 只斯洛文尼亚本地 Jezersko-Solcava 品种绵羊组成的小群进行了观察。目的是确定自然发生的牙齿疾病的范围，因此对因疾病而被屠宰或淘汰的动物进行了尸检。通过对 25 个提交给病理学中心调查不明原因死亡的标本的检查，获得了额外的数据。羊群中有 17 只（34%）患有门齿疾病，但只有 5 只出现临床疾病；所有这 5 只都患有严重的臼齿疾病（牙龈退缩、牙周袋形成、牙间隙、牙齿缺失、咬合磨损异常、食物嵌塞、牙齿松动、牙齿折断、牙齿脱落和/或颌骨脓肿）。提交给病理实验室的 21 只羊（84%）中发现了严重的臼齿疾病，而只有 7 只（28%）有严重的门齿疾病。结果表明，与其他国家一样，牙齿疾病是斯洛文尼亚羊的一个严重问题。
