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Effects of crossbreed pregnancies on the abortion risk of Neospora caninum-infected dairy cows by S. Almería; F. López-Gatius; I. García-Ispierto; C. Nogareda; G. Bech-Sàbat; B. Serrano; P. Santolaria; J.L. Yániz is a Immunology and Microbiology article available to read on EtoBox.
What is Effects of crossbreed pregnancies on the abortion risk of Neospora caninum-infected dairy cows about?
Previous studies have shown that the use of beef bull semen significantly reduces the rate of abortions due to Neospora caninum in artificially inseminated (AI) seropositive dairy cows. In addition, certain beef breeds could be more resistant to N. caninum infection and abortion than others. The aim of the present study was to determine whether different crossbreed pregnancies, those derived from Limousin, Charolais, Piedmontese or Belgian Blue semen, carry different risks of abortion in Neospora-infected dairy cows. The effects of possible interactions between maternal levels of N. caninum antibodies and the different breed crosses were also evaluated. The study was performed on five commercial Holstein-Friesian dairy herds in Northeast Spain with previously confirmed diagnoses of N. caninum infection in aborted foetuses. The study population was comprised of 1115 pregnancies: 633 pregnancies recorded after AI using Holstein-Friesian semen from 18 bulls and 482 after AI using beef semen from 27 bulls (304 inseminations using semen from Limousin bulls, 191 from Belgian Blue bulls, 89 from Piedmontese bulls and 49 from Charolais bulls). Abortion rates were 32.2% (155/482) and 15.2%
Who reads Effects of crossbreed pregnancies on the abortion risk of Neospora caninum-infected dairy cows?
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- Author
- S. Almería; F. López-Gatius; I. García-Ispierto; C. Nogareda; G. Bech-Sàbat; B. Serrano; P. Santolaria; J.L. Yániz
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science; Elsevier ; Elsevier BV (ISSN 0304-4017)
- Published
- 2009
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Immunology and Microbiology (Life Sciences)