Clinical paratuberculosis as a cause for higher culling rate in cows with left displaced abomasum and diarrhoea in a holstein dairy herd.
The present report identifies a statistically significant (P < 0.001) higher postoperative culling rate in cows with left displaced abomasum (LDA) exhibiting diarrhoea, compared with cows with LDA and normal faeces from a large Holstein dairy herd (odds ratio = 34). Paratuberculosis was histopathologically confirmed in 77.0% of cows with LDA exhibiting diarrhoea.
Kasravi
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Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tehran, PO Box 14155-6453, Tehran, Iran. rkasravi@ut.ac.ir
Nowrouzian
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D000018:Abomasum / Q000473:pathology*; D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality; D003612:Dairying; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary; D005260:Female; D015994:Incidence; D007492:Iran / Q000453:epidemiology; D010283:Paratuberculosis / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality; D013272:Stomach Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000662:veterinary