Risk factors associated with Tritrichomonas foetus infection in beef herds in the Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Bovine trichomonosis (BT) is a contagious disease, characterized by reproductive failure, embryonic losses, infertility, and abortions, which directly impacts the reproductive performance of cattle. In this cross-sectional questionnaire-based study, 56 veterinarians provided information on the geographic location and on the demographic, husbandry, and sanitary characteristics of 173 beef herds located in 26 (21%) counties of the Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Herds rearing beef cattle (OR=2.5, 95% CI=1.0, 6.3), with low pregnancy rate in cows (<or=90%) (OR=4.1, 95% CI=1.5, 10.8), sharing livestock with other owners or farmers (OR=5.4, 95% CI=1.8, 16.5), and where trichomonosis was reported during the previous year (OR=4.1, 95% CI=1.7, 9.6) were at significantly greater risk of being BT positive. This study provided information for future risk assessment and/or management plans for the prevention and control of BT in a region where the disease is considered to be endemic.
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Department of Medicine and Epidemiology, Center for Animal Disease Modeling and Surveillance, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA.
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D000034:Abortion, Veterinary / Q000469:parasitology; D000818:Animals; D001118:Argentina / Q000453:epidemiology; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000469:parasitology / Q000517:prevention & control; D016001:Confidence Intervals; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D016017:Odds Ratio; D011247:Pregnancy; D018873:Pregnancy Rate; D011528:Protozoan Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000517:prevention & control; D011529:Protozoan Infections, Animal; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D012308:Risk Management; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016835:Tritrichomonas foetus; D018634:Veterinarians / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data