Abortion in Dairy Cattle Placed in Proper Perspective

Authors

  • Charles D. Gibson Department of Large Animal Surgery and Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824

Keywords:

dairy herd, abortion, economic importance, embryonic mortality, fertilization failure

Abstract

Abortion problems in the well-managed dairy herd today are of a self-limiting nature in most cases. However, the problem of abortion is a highly visible one to the client, and as a result you, as a practitioner, are involved with an upset client who wants answers quickly. The economic importance of abortion in a well-managed herd, vaccinated for prevention of endemic diseases, appears very low compared to the economic losses from embryonic mortality and fertilization failure in reproductive dysgenesis.

Cover image of the Proceedings of the 10th Annual Convention: Cover image is a photo of the Gateway Arch taken at sunset in hues of orange. Conference information is written on top of the image and the conference theme is written at the bottom of the page.

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Published

1977-12-12

Issue

1977

Section

Dairy Sessions