Fetal Mummification and Maceration

Question 1

Bovine fetal mummification

Answer 1

• hematic type = blood between the maternal part and the calf part of placentomes
• occurs between 3rd to 8th month of gestation
• Guernseys and Jerseys
• torsion of umbilical cord
• molds, leptospirosis, IBR, BVD
• usually nothing cultured from fetus or uterus

Question 2

bovine fetal maceration

Answer 2

• occurs at any stage of gestation
• variety of causative organisms
• trichomoniasis and vibriosis

Question 3

Treatment for mummification and maceration

Answer 3

• depends on time of diagnosis
• mummy = easy to treat, good breeding prognosis, hereditary?
• maceration =difficult to treat, poor breeding prognosis
• often just sold for meat cuz not worth feeding her until she can have a product again