scholarly journals Pregnancy loss in dairy cows: the contributing factors, the effects on reproductive performance and the economic impact

2007 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 283 ◽  
Author(s):  
Je-In Lee ◽  
Ill-Hwa Kim
2005 ◽  
Vol 51 (4) ◽  
pp. 491-498 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ki-Doek KIM ◽  
Kwang-Sook KI ◽  
Hyun-Gu KANG ◽  
Ill-Hwa KIM

Dairy ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 40-64
Author(s):  
Eduardo Barahona Rosales ◽  
Burim N. Ametaj

Postpartum uterine diseases are common in dairy cows and are a great concern for the dairy industry as they are associated with various consequences, including lower fertility, lower milk yield, and an overall negative impact on the host health. An infected uterus is a source of bacterial compounds and cytokines that spill into the systemic circulation, spreading inflammation to other organs. In this review article, we discuss a short overview of the anatomy of the reproductive tract of dairy cows and several infectious diseases of the uterus including metritis, endometritis, and pyometra. Additionally, we discuss the microbiome of the reproductive tract in health and during uterine diseases. As well, diagnostic criteria for metritis and endometritis and contributing factors for increased susceptibility to metritis infection are important topics of this review. To better understand how the uterus and reproductive tract respond to bacterial pathogens, a section of this review is dedicated to immunity of the reproductive tract. Both the innate and adaptive immunity systems are also discussed. We conclude the review with a factual discussion about the current treatments of uterine diseases and the new developments in the area of application of probiotics for uterine health. Mechanisms of actions of probiotics are discussed in detail and also some applications to prevent uterine infections in dairy cows are discussed.


Animals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 197
Author(s):  
Hiroaki Okawa ◽  
Missaka M.P. Wijayagunawardane ◽  
Peter L.A.M. Vos ◽  
Osamu Yamato ◽  
Masayasu Taniguchi ◽  
...  

This study investigated the efficacy of intrauterine infusion of a chitosan solution (CHT) on uterine recovery in early postpartum dairy cows with or without endometritis, and their subsequent reproductive performance. In Experiment 1, cows with endometritis at 3 weeks postpartum were administered CHT (n = 5) and prostaglandin F2α (PGF2α) (n = 4). Untreated cows (n = 7) served as the control group. In Experiment 2, 18 cows with a normally recovered uterus at the fresh cow check (mean, 35 days postpartum) were assigned to the CHT (n = 10) and control (n = 8) groups, and intrauterine infusion was conducted in the CHT group. Overall, in Experiment 1, the percentage of polymorphonuclear leukocytes significantly declined in the CHT group (32.3 ± 10.2 to 5.5 ± 2.4, p < 0.05) from week 3 to week 5, but no decline occurred in the PGF2α and control groups. In Experiment 2, the CHT and control groups showed no significant differences in reproductive parameters, suggesting the absence of adverse effects of CHT on fertility. These results suggest that intrauterine infusion of CHT in the early postpartum period effectively accelerates uterine recovery from endometritis and might be a suitable replacement for PGF2α administration.


2016 ◽  
Vol 85 (9) ◽  
pp. 1540-1548 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ali Reza Yousefi ◽  
Hamid Kohram ◽  
Ahmad Zare Shahneh ◽  
Mohammad Javad Zamiri ◽  
Ali Akbar Fouladi-Nashta

2016 ◽  
Vol 94 (suppl_5) ◽  
pp. 610-610
Author(s):  
G. M. Schuenemann ◽  
J. M. Piñeiro ◽  
P. Turiello

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