Reproductive losses due to Neospora caninum in a beef herd in Argentina. 2003

D P Moore, and C M Campero, and A C Odeón, and R Chayer, and M A Bianco
Animal Health Group, Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria, Balcarce, Argentina.

Reproductive losses in a beef herd of 857 heifers with a pregnancy rate of 86.3% are described. After pregnancy testing, 69 abortions were seen during a 3 month period. Before calving season, three heifers had delivered pre-mature non-viable calves. Serum samples from 58 of 69 aborted heifers were available for serological tests. In order to compare the seroprevalence in non-aborted vs. aborted heifers, 214 pregnant animals were bleed during the abortion storm. In addition, blood samples were collected from two heifers with pre-mature calves and from 16 heifers with their calves prior to colostrum intake. All available serum samples were tested for Neospora caninum antibodies using an indirect fluorescence antibody test (IFAT). Fifty-nine of 290 (20.3%) evaluated heifers were seropositive. Heifers that aborted and heifers with pre-mature calves were more likely to be seropositive than pregnant heifers and heifers with normal calves [odds ratio (OR), 12.01; 95% CI, 6.18-23.30]. Vaginal mucus from four aborted heifers, and samples from two aborted foetuses and three pre-mature calves were available. Laboratory tests for Tritrichomonas foetus, bacterial and viral isolation, and histological examination were performed. Culture from vaginal mucus and foetal samples were negative. Histological lesions consistent with neosporosis and positive immunohistochemistry (IHC) to N. caninum were found in one aborted foetus and in one pre-mature calf. It is the first description of reproductive losses because of N. caninum in beef herds in Argentina.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D008460 Meat The edible portions of any animal used for food including cattle, swine, goats/sheep, poultry, fish, shellfish, and game. Meats
D011247 Pregnancy The status during which female mammals carry their developing young (EMBRYOS or FETUSES) in utero before birth, beginning from FERTILIZATION to BIRTH. Gestation,Pregnancies
D011251 Pregnancy Complications, Infectious The co-occurrence of pregnancy and an INFECTION. The infection may precede or follow FERTILIZATION. Complications, Infectious Pregnancy,Infectious Pregnancy Complications,Maternal Sepsis,Pregnancy, Infectious Complications,Sepsis during Pregnancy,Sepsis in Pregnancy,Infectious Pregnancy Complication,Pregnancy Complication, Infectious,Sepsis in Pregnancies,Sepsis, Maternal
D002417 Cattle Domesticated bovine animals of the genus Bos, usually kept on a farm or ranch and used for the production of meat or dairy products or for heavy labor. Beef Cow,Bos grunniens,Bos indicus,Bos indicus Cattle,Bos taurus,Cow,Cow, Domestic,Dairy Cow,Holstein Cow,Indicine Cattle,Taurine Cattle,Taurus Cattle,Yak,Zebu,Beef Cows,Bos indicus Cattles,Cattle, Bos indicus,Cattle, Indicine,Cattle, Taurine,Cattle, Taurus,Cattles, Bos indicus,Cattles, Indicine,Cattles, Taurine,Cattles, Taurus,Cow, Beef,Cow, Dairy,Cow, Holstein,Cows,Dairy Cows,Domestic Cow,Domestic Cows,Indicine Cattles,Taurine Cattles,Taurus Cattles,Yaks,Zebus
D002418 Cattle Diseases Diseases of domestic cattle of the genus Bos. It includes diseases of cows, yaks, and zebus. Bovine Diseases,Bovine Disease,Cattle Disease,Disease, Bovine,Disease, Cattle,Diseases, Bovine,Diseases, Cattle
D003048 Coccidiosis Protozoan infection found in animals and man. It is caused by several different genera of COCCIDIA. Besnoitiasis,Besnoitiosis,Besnoitiases,Besnoitioses,Coccidioses
D005260 Female Females
D005333 Fetus The unborn young of a viviparous mammal, in the postembryonic period, after the major structures have been outlined. In humans, the unborn young from the end of the eighth week after CONCEPTION until BIRTH, as distinguished from the earlier EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN. Fetal Structures,Fetal Tissue,Fetuses,Mummified Fetus,Retained Fetus,Fetal Structure,Fetal Tissues,Fetus, Mummified,Fetus, Retained,Structure, Fetal,Structures, Fetal,Tissue, Fetal,Tissues, Fetal
D000034 Abortion, Veterinary Premature expulsion of the FETUS in animals. Veterinary Abortion,Abortions, Veterinary,Veterinary Abortions

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