Causes of abortion in dairy cattle

A diagnostic survey

Authors

  • Robert F. Rowe Central Laboratory, 6101 Mineral Point Road, Madison, Wisconsin 53705
  • Lois K. Smithies Central Laboratory, 6101 Mineral Point Road, Madison, Wisconsin 53705

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21423/bovine-vol1978no13p102-103

Keywords:

abortion, Aetiology, bacterial diseases, Disease statistics, Leptospirosis, mucosal disease

Abstract

From July 1976 to June 1977 paired serum samples and/or fetal and placental tissue samples were received from practitioners in Wisconsin. Among 1288 paired serum samples, 13.9% allowed a diagnosis of IBR/IPV virus and 7.5% bovine diarrhoea virus, while 78.6% did not permit a diagnosis. Of 475 tissue samples, with or without paired serum samples, 13.5% gave a diagnosis of IBR/IPV virus, 5.7% bovine diarrhoea virus, 3.8% Corynebacterium pyogenes, and 2.9% leptospirosis. No diagnosis was made in 64.4%.

Cover image of the 13th Volume of the Bovine Practitioner: three images of Maryland--an arial photo of a farm in the green countryside, the city skyline at dusk, and a photo of the USS Constellation sailing in the harbor--with the journal name, AABP logo, and the information for the 11th annual conference.

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Published

1978-11-01

Issue

No. 13 (1978 November)

Section

Clinical Reports

How to Cite

Causes of abortion in dairy cattle: A diagnostic survey. (1978). The Bovine Practitioner, 1978(13), 102-103. https://doi.org/10.21423/bovine-vol1978no13p102-103