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...

Neospora caninum is now recognized as a major cause of abortion in cattle worldwide, but there is no report of N. caninum infection in cattle in India. Serum samples from 427 dairy cattle and 32 dairy water buffaloes from 7 organized dairy farms located in Punjab, India, were tested for N. caninum antibodies using a commercial monoclonal antibody-based competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent as...

SUMMARY In this study, Coxiella burnetii seroprevalence was assessed for dairy and non-dairy sheep farm residents in The Netherlands for 2009-2010. Risk factors for seropositivity were identified for non-dairy sheep farm residents. Participants completed farm-based and individual questionnaires. In addition, participants were tested for IgG and IgM C. burnetii antibodies using immunofluorescent...

Variations in the seroprevalence of antibody to Babesia bigemina infection by farm and animal level risk factors were investigated for 2 contrasting regions of Tanga and Iringa in Tanzania. Tanga is situated in the eastern part of the country and has typical tropical coast climate while Iringa is situated in the Southern Highlands and has a tropical highland climate. Two hundred farms from each...

Both conventional and organic dairies rely on vaccination programs to help prevent infectious diseases in their cattle. However, it could be argued that maximizing every bit of benefit from a vaccination program is even more crucial in organic dairy operations since treatment alternatives are more limited. Vaccination of organic dairy cattle is allowed for certification. But within that allowan...

has been a hotly debated issue in the US. The initial issue was the effect of drugs, chiefly antibiotics, on cheese manufacturing processes. Reports in the press highlighting contamination of milk and other dairy products with antibiotics and other animal drugs quickly raised the issue of food safety and resulted in the intervention of governmental agencies regulating the use of animal medicati...

ICAR Technical Series No 3 The MLB programme (Portuguese standing for Brazilian Milking Hybrid) is described below. This was a research and development programme conducted by the National Dairy Cattle Research Centre of the Federal Research Organisation (EMBRAPA) with the assistance of the FAO/UNDP Project BRA/79/010. Its main objective was to obtain experimental information to design selection...

most of the poor people in developing countries live in rural areas. experience shows that in manycountries animal husbandry development and increasing investment specially is a way to challengethe poverty in rural areas. this is obvious that, small producers have key role in dairy markets anddairy development but they have no power to bargain and negotiate for higher prices, access to themarke...

The calculation and publication of all dairy cattle genetic evaluations in Canada is the responsibility of Canadian Dairy Network (CDN). An 8-member board of directors, the majority being dairy producers, governs this non-profit national organization. Member organizations include all breed associations, milk recording agencies and artificial insemination centres across Canada as well as Dairy F...

While cattle in general have been identified as a reservoir of Escherichia coli O157:H7, there are limited data regarding the prevalence and clonality of this pathogen in downer dairy cattle and the potential impact to human health that may occur following consumption of meat derived from downer dairy cattle. In the present study, conducted at two slaughter facilities in Wisconsin between May a...