BACKGROUND An elevated plasma glucose concentration has been considered to be a potential risk factor in the pathogenesis of left-displaced abomasums (DA). Therefore the present study was performed to investigate if spontaneous disease (parturient paresis, metritis, ketosis etc) in dairy cows results in elevated concentrations of glucose and cortisol in blood as cortisol is the major regulator ...

Since a few decades, dairy cows have shown a steep increase in milk production, which is unfortunately accompanied by a dramatic decline in reproductive performance. In these high yielding cows there are more puerperal problems than in low yielding cows, such as retained placenta, acute metritis and abnormal vaginal discharge. Cows affected by retained placenta and/or acute metritis are further...

Holstein cows (n = 51) that had been diagnosed with toxic puerperal metritis were used to determine the treatment efficacy of various antibiotics. On the day of diagnosis, cows affected with toxic puerperal metritis were assigned randomly to three treatment groups. Cows in groups 1 and 2 received 22,000 IU/kg of procaine penicillin G i.m. for 5 d. In addition, cows in group 2 received an intrau...

Uterine infections in dairy cows are common after calving, reduce fertility and cause substantial economic losses. Conventional diagnosis (based on clinical signs) and treatment can be challenging. Serum microRNA (miRNA) profiles serve as non-invasive biomarkers in several pathological conditions including inflammatory diseases. The objective was to identify differentially expressed serum miRNA...

The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the possible effects of Bovine Herpes virus-1 (BHV-1), Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus (BVDV), and Bovine Herpes virus-4 (BHV-4) involving metritis in the selected unvaccinated dairy cattle herds in Afyon province of Turkey by serologically and virologically methods. A total of 63 dairy cattle with metritis were sampled in order to investigate the pr...

vB_EcoM-UFV13, a member of the T4virus genus, shows lytic activity against Escherichia coli and effectiveness in controlling the biofilm formed by Trueperella pyogenes, which qualifies it as a promising component of phage cocktails for mastitis and metritis control.