Infectious causes of reproductive loss in camelids

A Tibary; C Fite; A Anouassi; A Sghiri

doi:10.1016/j.theriogenology.2006.04.008

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Infectious causes of reproductive loss in camelids

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Infectious causes of reproductive loss in camelids

A Tibary, C Fite, A Anouassi and A Sghiri

Theriogenology, Vol.66(3), pp.633-647

08/2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.theriogenology.2006.04.008

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https://hdl.handle.net/2376/109463

PMCID: PMC7103124

PMID: 16697037

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Abstract

Neonatal loss

Reproduction

Mastitis

Camelids

Diseases

Reproductive losses in camelids are due to infertility, pregnancy loss, udder diseases and neonatal mortality caused by a variety of infectious diseases. Uterine infection and abortion represent the major complaint in camelid veterinary practice. The major infectious organisms in endometritis and metritis are E. coli and Streptococcus equi subspecies zooepidemicus . Abortion rates due to infectious diseases vary from 10% to more than 70% in some areas. Leptospirosis, toxoplasmosis and chlamydiosis have been diagnosed as the major causes of abortion in llamas and alpacas. In camels, brucellosis and trypanosomiasis represent the major causes of infectious abortion in the Middle East and Africa. Mastitis is rare in South American camelids. The prevalence of subclinical udder infection in camels can reach very high proportions in dairy camels. Udder infections are primarily due to Streptococcus agalactiae and Staphylococcus aureus . Neonatal mortality is primarily due to diarrhea following failure of passive transfer and exposure to E. coli , rotavirus, coronavirus, Coccidia and Salmonella . This paper reviews the etio-pathogenesis of these causes of reproductive losses, as well as the major risk factors and strategies to prevent their occurrence.

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Title: Infectious causes of reproductive loss in camelids
Creators: A Tibary - College of Veterinary Medicine and Center for Reproductive Biology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-6610, USA
C Fite - College of Veterinary Medicine and Center for Reproductive Biology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-6610, USA
A Anouassi - Institut Agronomique et Vétérinaire Hassan II, Rabat, Morocco
A Sghiri - Institut Agronomique et Vétérinaire Hassan II, Rabat, Morocco
Publication Details: Theriogenology, Vol.66(3), pp.633-647
Academic Unit: Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Department of
Publisher: Elsevier
Identifiers: 99900547213501842
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article