A survey of equine abortion and perinatal foal losses in Hungary during a three-year period (1998–2000)

Szeredi, Levente and Tenk, Miklós and Jánosi, Szilárd and Pálfi, Vilmos and Hotzel, Helmut and Sachse, Konrad and Pospischil, Andreas and Bozsó, Miklós and Glávits, Róbert and Molnár, Tamás (2008) A survey of equine abortion and perinatal foal losses in Hungary during a three-year period (1998–2000). Acta Veterinaria Hungarica, 56 (3). pp. 353-367. ISSN 0236-6290

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Abstract

Cases of equine abortion and perinatal foal losses were investigated in Hungary during a three-year period (1998–2000). Samples from aborted equine fetuses and newborn foals (total n = 96) were examined using bacteriological, virological, pathological, immunohistochemical (IHC), molecular biological and serological methods. The cause of abortion and perinatal foal loss was identified in 67/96 cases (70%); viral infection was found in 22 (23%), viral and bacterial coinfection in 1 (1%), bacterial infection in 23 (24%), protozoan infection in 1 (1%) and fungal infection in 2 cases (2%). Morphological lesions suggestive of infection were recorded in 2 (2%) and non-infectious causes in 16 cases (17%).

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