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<blockquote data-quote="Bright Raven" data-source="post: 1589831" data-attributes="member: 27490"><p>Update:</p><p></p><p>I talked to the vet for about 20 minutes this morning. A blood panel is going to have some limitations. At this point, I can only sample the heifer. The calf and placenta are no longer available. Since this heifer has been vaccinated for vibriosis, Leptospira, BVD, brucellosis, etc. Those titers are going to show up if the vaccinations were effective.</p><p></p><p>The heifer was not vaccinated for Neospora or anaplasmosis so if those titers show up, we will know that she has been exposed at some time in her life to those pathogens.</p><p></p><p>We will not know what caused the abortion. We will only know what this heifer has been exposed to that resulted in her forming antibodies against.</p><p></p><p>Regarding Neospora. He said it is not a concern to the rest of the herd. It is transmitted vertically not laterally. Meaning from mother to calf. One cow does not transmit it to another cow. The protozoan is carried in the environment by predators such as dogs, coyotes, foxes.</p><p></p><p>Edited to add:</p><p></p><p>80 % of abortions are due to Non-infectuous causes and in most cases are non-recurring.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bright Raven, post: 1589831, member: 27490"] Update: I talked to the vet for about 20 minutes this morning. A blood panel is going to have some limitations. At this point, I can only sample the heifer. The calf and placenta are no longer available. Since this heifer has been vaccinated for vibriosis, Leptospira, BVD, brucellosis, etc. Those titers are going to show up if the vaccinations were effective. The heifer was not vaccinated for Neospora or anaplasmosis so if those titers show up, we will know that she has been exposed at some time in her life to those pathogens. We will not know what caused the abortion. We will only know what this heifer has been exposed to that resulted in her forming antibodies against. Regarding Neospora. He said it is not a concern to the rest of the herd. It is transmitted vertically not laterally. Meaning from mother to calf. One cow does not transmit it to another cow. The protozoan is carried in the environment by predators such as dogs, coyotes, foxes. Edited to add: 80 % of abortions are due to Non-infectuous causes and in most cases are non-recurring. [/QUOTE]
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