Bacterial diseases of

reproductive importanceSakina Rubab

7th semester

Vibriosis

Bovine campylobacteriosis

venereal

Campylobacter fetus

Campylobacter jejuni

4.2% of ovine abortions

mucous, prepuce scrapings, aborted

fetus

Leptospirosis

Leptospira pomona ,Leptospira

hardjobovis

5 months pregnant

Infected urine, uterine fluids, fetal

materials

Abortion, premature birth

Affects kidneys too

Brucellosis

contagious abortion

Brucella abortus

undulant fever in humans

Unboiled milk,improperly cooked meat

Horizontal and vertical transmission

Brucella melitensis

Screening

Contagious Equine Metritis(CEM)

Taylorella equigenitalis

true venereal pathogen

infects healthy mares

Thoroughbred horses

Rx:Chlorhexidine, nitrofurazone

Bacterial endometritis

Streptococcus zooepidemicus

Escherichia coli (also Enterobacter

spp.)

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Klebsiella pneumoniae

Klebsiella and Pseudomonas:

joints,respiratory,skin

Listeriosis

Listeria monocytogenes,circling

placentitis ,fetal septicemia

Spoiled silage

Last trimester

Zoonotic

2-3days,autolysed

Salmonellosis

Salmonella abortus ovis ,S dublin, S

typhimurium, S arizona

autolyzed and emphysematous

abomasal contents, fetal tissues,

uterine fluids,dams' faeces.

Miscellaneous bacteria

Actinomyces pyogenes

Coxiella burnetii

Mycoplasma spp,Histophilus somni

Chlamydia

Other causes

Trichomoniasis, Neospora caninum

BVD, IBR

Gonorrhea

AIDS

Syphilis

Heat stress

Toxic

agents:nitrates~0.55%,ergot,mycotoxi

ns

References

www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/

498659/reproductive-system-

disease/76015/Trichomoniasis

http://www.moredun.org.uk/research/r

esearch-@-moredun/reproductive-

diseases

http://animalscience-

old.tamu.edu/beef-skillathon/pdf/beef-

reproductive-diseases-in-cattle.pdf

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