Small ruminants are a very important ecological niche among livestock, as they have a high digestion coefficient for converting poor feedstuffs to very useful products for humans, such as meat, milk and wool (Abd El-Raof et al., 2007). The economic significance of small ruminants in developing countries and the tropics cannot be overestimated (Ghanem et al., 2006). Subsequently, it is important to focus on the illnesses and disorders that influence small ruminants, with a specific end goal of improving and maintaining the profitability of these animals to benefit the human population in such countries.