Prevalence of The Main Infectious Causes of Abortion in Dairy Cattle in Algeria

Overview

Journal J Vet Res

Publisher Sciendo

Specialty Veterinary Medicine

Date 2018 Jul 7

PMID 29978092

Citations 23

Authors

Salima-Yamina Derdour

Fella Hafsi

Naouelle Azzag

Safia Tennah

Abdelouahab Laamari

Bernard China

Farida Ghalmi

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Abstract

Introduction: Abortion in cattle is a major source of economic losses for the agriculture sector. It can be due to infectious or non-infectious factors. Among infectious factors, parasites, bacteria, viruses, and fungi can be involved. The present work investigated the prevalence of the main infectious agents of abortion in Algerian cattle.

Material And Methods: Altogether 278 non-aborting and 82 aborting cows were analysed.

Results: The prevalence ranged from 0% for to 15% for . Additionally, a case-control study was performed to find the association between the presence of the pathogens and the occurrence of abortion in cows. The odds ratios were significant for , bovine herpes virus 4, BVD virus, , Dublin, serovar Hardjo, and .

Conclusions: The pathogens enumerated here could be major causes of abortion among Algerian cattle.

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