Reproductive Diseases Technical Articles
Article published the January 27, 2017:
Maintaining a high level of reproductive efficiency is required if dairy herd profitability is to be maximized. Reproductive performance of a dairy herd is a function of certain management policies and how well...
Article published the October 28, 2016:
Introduction
Evaluation of serum or plasma electrolytes is important part of the blood chemistry profile in cattle. Potassium (K+) and sodium (Na+) are the major intracellular and extracellular cations, ...
Article published the August 22, 2016:
During the past 50 years that AI has been practiced in the U.S. the fertility of virgin heifers has remained relatively constant at approximately 65% first service conception; whereas, the first service concept...
Article published the September 6, 2013:
1 Laboratório de Doenças Bacterianas da Reprodução, Centro Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento de Sanidade Animal, Instituto Biológico de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil...
Article published the August 5, 2013:
1ANSES-INRA-ENVA, UMR 1161 Virologie, 23 avenue du Général De Gaulle, Maisons-Alfort 94704, France
2Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire d’Alfort, Unité de Pathologie du B&eacut...
Article published the January 4, 2013:
Introduction
Infectious bovine rhinotracheitis is worldwide in distribution caused by bovine herpes virus-1 (BHV-1), however, IBR was reported for the first time in India by Mehrotra et al. (1976). It is one o...
Article published the February 14, 2011:
Diarrhoea is a multifactorial disease entity that can have serious financial and animal welfare implications in dairy herds. It has been estimated that 75% of early calf mortality in dairy herds is caused by ac...
Article published the October 25, 2010:
ABSTRACT
Random sampling of milk, sera and synovial fluid from 100 cattle in a farm with a history of retained placenta, abortion and arthritis and hygroma was investigated. All milk and sera samples were subj...
Article published the May 12, 2008:
Abortion in dairy cattle is commonly defined as a loss of the fetus between the age of 42 days and approximately 260 days. Pregnancies lost before 42 days are usually referred to as early embryonic deaths, wher...
Article published the November 16, 2007:
The percentage of stillbirths has been steadily increasing but you can take steps to improve that rate on your farm.You'll soon be able to improve the chances of having a live calf on the ground-especially from...