Spurious hypokalemia is a laboratory result that is "analytically correct but does not reflect the in vivo plasma potassium concentration" (GAMA et al., 2011.). Not correlated to the clinical presentation, it can lead to ...

The Schmallenberg virus, firstly detected in 2011 in a cattle herd close to Schmallenberg (North-Rhine-Westphalia, Germany), is a newly emerged Orthobunya virus (family Bunyaviridae) that is transmitted by blood-sucking ...

It may be concluded from the results of this study that the farming operation as a whole needs to be harmonized. The health of all the livestock on the farm is the highest priority for the farmer. Securing the health of ...

From the trials carried out, one can safely say that the calcium concentration drops drastically at parturition. For a small number of cows, clinical signs will be presented. The majority of cows fall victim to some degree ...

Bovine abortions cause major financial loss to the farming industry of Ireland each year. The aim of this thesis is to evaluate the prevalence and trends of common infectious bovine abortifacients in Ireland in 2013. It ...

Histophilus somni (previously known as Haemophilus somnus) is a pathogen of cattle worldwide and it is a small, Gram-negative, coccobacillary, facultative anaerobic, non-spore forming, non-motile, non-capsulated, fastidious ...

Respiratory diseases in pig production are important are one of the key sources of productivity losses worldwide. While most of the respiratory problems becoming clinically evident in the late growing phase or during ...

Ketosis is a common ailment of the high producing dairy cow during lactation. From studying literature and texts, it is a recognised metabolic disease of cows during, and resulting from, the transition period. A number of ...

Cows with an extended interval from calving to first ovulation (post partum period) have increased intervals from calving to conception and are more likely to be culled compared with cows with a short post partum period. ...