Prevalence of cows abortions of infectious etiology in Ukraine
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https://doi.org/10.31548/ujvs2020.01.017Abstract
Abstract. Abortions in cows cause significant economic losses for cattle farms. Etiology of cow abortions can be infectious and non- infectious etiology. Mostly an infectious abortions are diagnosed, because diagnostics of an infections abortions are better developed and some of these diseases are common to animals and humans. This article presents the results of the analysis of data from the Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory of LLC “Center for Veterinary Diagnostics” concerning abortions of infectious etiology in cows and their distribution in Ukraine for 2014–2018. Pathogens of infectious diseases that cause abortion were recorded in 17 regions of Ukraine from 18 investigated regions. All samples received from the laboratory were tested for 12 pathogens by PCR real-time. The highest percentage was recorded by bacterial infections - 43.43 %, viral infections - 23.23 %, protozoonoses - 2.2 % and mixed infections - 31.32 %. Data of the high percentage of isolation of infectious disease pathogens from samples from cows that had abortion and detection of poorly studied pathogens (BHV-4, Coxiella burnetii, Neospora caninum) in Ukraine indicate the relevance of the problem and the necessity for its study.
Keywords: cattle, cow, pregnancy, infectious diseases, abortion, diagnosis, PCR method
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