Background and Aim: Dairy cow mortality and culling are important parameters reflecting on cow health, productivity, and welfare as well as important determinants of herd sustainability, growth, and profitability. There are no published reports on the causes and rates of mortality and culling of...

Downer cow syndrome is an important health problem characterized by the recumbence and inability of rising in diseased animals. The aim of this work was to investigate blood calcium level, liver and muscle metabolic profile parameters in downer cow syndrome. Total number of 30 cases of dairy cows...

The retained placenta is a multifactorial syndrome characterized by continuing all or part of the fetal membranes and the uterine lumen 12 to 24 hours after birth. In this study, we evaluated the prevalence, awareness of producers and the direct economic impact of the retained placenta in dairy ...

Acute bovine respiratory disease (ABRD) is a respiratory syndrome caused by various infectious agents, and represents a major economic and health problem in cattle herds worldwide. The aim of the study was to present how we can describe the epidemiological characteristics of ABRD in France,...

Eleven of a herd of 80 dairy cows (14%) died over a 7-month period. Death occurred within 12-24 hours of the onset of the first clinical signs, namely, dullness and a decrease (mean 25%) in milk production. Within 12 hours the cows were unable to rise, felt cold, and were restless. Examined mucous...

A 21 days old female Holstein Friesian calf was referred by a free practitioner veterinarian for the worsening of clinical signs despite the therapy. The calf belonged to a farm with poor calves' management. At admission time, the calf presented severe depression, dehydration, lack of suckling...

A 4-year-old Holstein-Friesian cow with abomasal sand impaction was described [Switzerland, date not given]. The animal was referred to the clinic because of progressive weight loss, reduced milk production, anorexia, tympany and almost no faecal output. The body surface was cold and the breath had ...

Fish-odour syndrome or Trimethylaminuria (OMIM #602079) in humans is an inborn error of metabolism associated with a characteristic fishy body odour due to elevated levels of trimethylamine (TMA) in body fluids. It is caused by loss-of-function mutations in FMO3 encoding flavin-containing...

During the last 6 months much focus has been put on mycotoxins and in particular Fusarium-toxins in the Danish agricultural press as causes of health and production problems among Danish dairy farms. However detailed veterinary investigations on individual animals have been lacking. In this study, ...

Milk yields and the circulating profile of thyroxine (T₄), triiodothyronine (T₃) and reverse T₃ (rT₃) were assessed during 3 different seasons of the year, in first trimester lactating (L) and in dry (D) multiparous Holstein cows acclimatized to distinct weather conditions. Within the thermoneutral ...