Embryonic Death & Early Abortion in Cattle

A Review

Abstract

To what extent do losses from early deaths occur? Reports range all the way from 2 per cent to 35 per cent. When a low level loss occurs in a large commercial herd, the situation may not always seem significant, however, if embryonic or early fetal death occurs in one or more valuable individuals, or the loss becomes a herd problem, the situation assumes considerable economic importance.