The Prevalence of trichomoniasis in Oklahoma beef bulls

Authors

  • Steven K. Wilson Department of Veterinary Parasitology, Microbiology and Public Health, College of Veterinary Medicine, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma 74074
  • A. Alan Kocan Department of Veterinary Parasitology, Microbiology and Public Health, College of Veterinary Medicine, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma 74074
  • Elizabeth T. Gaudy College of Arts and Sciences, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma 74074
  • Dan Goodwin Oklahoma Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma 74074

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21423/bovine-vol1979no14p109-110

Keywords:

Breeds, cattle diseases, infections, parasites, parasitoses, Protozoal infections, trichomoniasis, losses

Abstract

Between November 1977 and June 1978, 280 beef bulls for sale at an auction in central Oklahoma, USA, were examined for Tritrichomonas foetus infection by a swab culture technique. Over-all 7.8% were infected, including 7.8, 11.6 and 14.6% of 4-, 5- and 6-year-olds, respectively. The prevalence in Brahmans was 14.6%, in Angus 10.3% and in Hereford bulls 5.6%. It is estimated that in Oklahoma bovine trichomoniasis, by reducing the calving rate, causes an annual economic loss of $5 million; this becomes $7 million if estimates of related production costs are included.

Author Biography

Steven K. Wilson, Department of Veterinary Parasitology, Microbiology and Public Health, College of Veterinary Medicine, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma 74074

Student

Cover image of the 14th Volume of the Bovine Practitioner: a photo of the San Antonio riverwalk during the holidays: a tree-lined waterway lined with twinkling lights and an elegant bridge covered in ivy.

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Published

1979-11-01

How to Cite

Wilson, S. K., Kocan, A. A., Gaudy, E. T., & Goodwin, D. (1979). The Prevalence of trichomoniasis in Oklahoma beef bulls. The Bovine Practitioner, 1979(14), 109–110. https://doi.org/10.21423/bovine-vol1979no14p109-110

Issue

No. 14 (1979 November)

Section

Articles