Acute Fascioliasis in Dairy Cattle

Acute Fascioliasis in Roodbar

Cattle fascioliasis in Gilan province, Iran

Fascioliasis in Cattle- a Review

Fascioliasis is a common disease of cattle and other ruminants caused by F. hepatica and F. gigantica. The disease is world wide in distribution and is liable for causing extensive economic losses to the livestock industry encompassing reductions in weight gain, milk yield and fertility. In this study knowledge about prevalence, diagnosis, treatment and control of Fascioliasis has been reviewed...

Hirvonen’s Thesis on Acute Phase Response in Dairy Cattle

Prevalence of Bacteremia in Dairy Cattle with Acute Puerperal Metritis

BACKGROUND Acute puerperal metritis (APM) affects 30% of postpartum dairy cattle. Bacteremia negatively impacts survival in cattle with coliform mastitis. However, the prevalence of bacteremia in dairy cattle with APM is unknown. HYPOTHESIS Bacteremia is detectable in a large proportion of cattle with APM. ANIMALS Seventeen dairy cows with APM and 17 healthy dairy cattle. METHODS Prospect...