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dc.contributor.authorJawor, Paulina
dc.contributor.authorKról, Dawid
dc.contributor.authorMee, John F
dc.contributor.authorSołtysiak, Zenon
dc.contributor.authorDzimira, Stanisław
dc.contributor.authorLarska, Magdalena
dc.contributor.authorStefaniak, Tadeusz
dc.date.accessioned2020-07-03T16:07:13Z
dc.date.available2020-07-03T16:07:13Z
dc.date.issued2017-07-29
dc.identifier.citationJawor, P., Król, D., Mee, J., Sołtysiak, Z., Dzimira, S., Larska, M. and Stefaniak, T. Infection exposure, detection and causes of death in perinatal mortalities in Polish dairy herds. Theriogenology, 2017, 103, 130-136. doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.theriogenology.2017.07.044en_US
dc.identifier.issn0093-691X
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11019/2156
dc.descriptionpeer-revieweden_US
dc.description.abstractThe objective of this study was to determine the prevalence and types of infections in perinatal mortality (PM) cases from Polish dairy farms and the relevance of the presence of infection to the cause of death. This prospective longitudinal study was carried out on 121 PM and 21 control calves with a gestation of ≥260 days. Six control calves were euthanized and examined using the same protocol as for PM calves. Material was collected over a 20-month period between November 2013 and June 2015. The PM and control calves were collected from 29 to 5 herds, respectively. Blood samples from calves were tested for antibodies to Neospora caninum, glycoprotein B of BoHV-1, BVDV and SBV using ELISAs and Leptospira hardjo and Leptospira pomona with the microscopic agglutination test. Brain and kidney samples from all PM and six euthanized control calves were tested using real time PCR to detect Neospora caninum, pathogenic Leptospira spp., BoHV-1 and SBV; brain was examined histopathologically for detection of N. caninum cysts. Samples from eight inner organs from all PM and six control calves were cultured aerobically, anaerobically and microaerobically. Ear samples from all PM and control calves were tested for BVDV using an antigen ELISA. In total, 21.5% of PM calves were infected (antigen and/or antibody-positive) in utero; none of the control calves were infected. Direct evidence of infection (culture, Ag-ELISA, PCR, histopathology) was detected in 9.1% of PM calves. Gestation length in infected singletons was shorter than in uninfected singletons (274 ± 8 vs. 279 ± 7 days; P < 0.01). The odds ratio for diagnosis of infection in single pregnancies ≤275 days was 3.75 (95% CI:1.2–12.1), (P < 0.05). Infection was the cause of death in 10% of calves. The most common infections detected in these Polish PM calves were parasitic (11.6% of PM cases), viral (7.4%) and bacterial (5%). This study demonstrated that indirect evidence of infection is detected more frequently than direct, coinfection is rare, infection is rarely accompanied by gross lesions and is rarely a cause of death in cases of PM.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherElsevieren_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesTheriogenology;Vol. 103
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/*
dc.subjectPerinatal mortalityen_US
dc.subjectStillborn calvesen_US
dc.subjectIntrauterine infectionen_US
dc.subjectPrecolostral antibodyen_US
dc.titleInfection exposure, detection and causes of death in perinatal mortalities in Polish dairy herdsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.embargo.terms2018-07-29en_US
dc.identifier.doihttps://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.theriogenology.2017.07.044
dc.contributor.sponsorThe National Centre for Research and Developmenten_US
dc.contributor.sponsorGrantNumberPBS2/A8/20/2013en_US
dc.contributor.sponsorGrantNumberPBS2/A8/24/2013en_US
dc.source.volume103
dc.source.beginpage130-136
refterms.dateFOA2018-07-29T00:00:00Z


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