Infections and Abortions in Bovine Part 1 Flashcards
Early Embryonic Death definition:
fetal death at less than 8 weeks
Abortion timeframe:
between 42/56 days and 260 days of gestation
Stillbirth timeframe:
Fetal death greater than 260 days
Traditionally only __-___% of cases submitted to labs recieve a definitive diagnosis of abortion.
25-35%
(Early Embryonic Death/Abortion/Stillbirth) is the sequal to what happened in the past.
Abortion
Best tissues to submit for diagnosis of abortion:
1.
2.
3.
- Placenta
- Fetus
- Maternal Blood
How should you prepare samples for submission to labs for abortion diagnosis?
Clean with water/saline and chill.
Samples should be split and submitted frozen and chilled.
Infectious Infertility: Listeria Monocytogenes
A bacteria/virus/protozoa?
bacteria.
Infectious Infertility: Listeria Monocytogenes
What type of bacteria is it?
Gram + coccobaccilus
Infectious Infertility: Listeria Monocytogenes
Although found everywhere, where will it be concentrated on a farm?
In rotting hay and improperly stored silage
Infectious Infertility: Listeria Monocytogenes
Pathogenic steps: 1. How it enters? 2. 3. 4. 5. End Result:
Ingestion --> replications in monocytes/macrophages --> placenta --> placentitis and fetal septicemia --> abortion
Infectious Infertility: Listeria Monocytogenes
Has predilection for what tissues?
Fetoplacental
Infectious Infertility: Listeria Monocytogenes
What happens to fetus when infected in utero?
retained for a few days and undergo severe autolysis
Infectious Infertility: Listeria Monocytogenes
When does it cause abortion?
Abortion in last trimester
Listeria Monocytogenes does/does not result in sick infected cows before, during, and after abortion.
Does, it causes encephalitis
Infectious Infertility: Listeria Monocytogenes
Diagnosis method?
Via isolation of organism in fetal tissues or placenta
Infectious Infertility: Listeria Monocytogenes
Lesions on fetus?
1.
2.
- Autolysed
2. Foci of necrosis in liver
What bacterial cause of infection will result in similar lesions to BHV-1?
LIsteria monocytogenes, they both cause foci of necrosis in liver
Infectious Infertility: Listeria Monocytogenes
Lesions on placenta?
Pinpoint yellow, necrotic foci on tips of cotyledonary villi with focal or diffuse intercotyledonary placentitis
Infectious Infertility: Listeria Monocytogenes
Treatment?
Cow usually recovers on it’s own.
Infectious Infertility: Listeria Monocytogenes
Prevention methods:
1.
2.
3.
- Proper Silage Storage
- Clean up around old, wet hay rings
- Do not feed rotten material to pregnant animals
Infectious Infertility:
Leptospirosis:
- A (bacteria/virus/protozoa)?
- all serovars are…
- bacteria
2. zoonotic
Infectious Infertility:
Leptospirosis:
Has what effects if:
- Host adapted?
- Non-host adapted?
- insidious repro loss = infertility
2. Abortion storms
Infectious Infertility:
Leptospirosis Pathogenesis:
Incubation period length?
Followed by….
4-10 days
Bacteremia, localization in renal tubules, than shedding.
Infectious Infertility:
Leptospirosis CxS: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
- Often none.
- Hemolytica anemia
- Hepato/renal disease
- Abortion
- Photosensitization
Infectious Infertility:
Leptospirosis Transmission Routes? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
- URINE
- placental fluids
- milk
- transplacental
- Semen
Infectious Infertility:
Leptospirosis
Can survive in wet environment for how long?
30 days
Infectious Infertility:
Leptospirosis Diagnosis:
Is (easy/difficult) to culture?
difficult