Genital Vibriosis in the Bovine

Genital Vibriosis in Iowa Cattle

Bovine veneral vibriosis: antigenic variation of the bacterium during infection.

Host parasite relationships in the female genital tract were studied in bovine venereal vibriosis by investigating agglutinin production and alterations in superficial antigens of the bacterium during the course of infection in two heifers. Cervicovaginal mucus (CVM) steamed cell agglutinins were shown to appear earlier and remain at consistently higher levels than whole-cell agglutinins. Whole...

Comparison of three sampling methods for the diagnosis of genital vibriosis in the bull.

Three different methods of collecting preputial material for bacteriological examination were compared using 3 bulls infected with Campylobacter fetus subsp. fetus. The first method utilised a specially designed instrument to scrape the preputial and penile mucosa, int he second method plastic pipettes were used to aspirate material and the third method involved washing the preputial cavity wit...

Bovine Genital Campylobacteriosis

Bovine genital campylobacteriosis is a venereally transmitted bacterial disease caused by Campylobacter fetus subsp venerealis. The disease is characterised by temporary infertility of female cattle as a result of a subacute diffuse mucopurulent cervicitis, endometritis and salpingitis. Abortion occurs in a small percentage of infected cows, months after initial infection. Infected bulls show n...

Bovine Genital Trichomoniasis

BOVINE GENITAL TRICHOMONIASIS is a disease of cattle characterized by difläculties in breeding, early abortions, temporary sterility, and pyometra (accumulation of pus in the uterus), without an accompanying fever. The causative organism, technically named Trichomonas foetus^ was first observed in association with genital disease of cattle by Mazzanti {Sy in Italy in 1900. He found it in the ge...