A survey of equine abortion and perinatal foal losses in Hungary during a three-year period (1998-2000) |
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| Authors: | Szeredi Levente Tenk Miklós Jánosi Szilárd Pálfi Vilmos Hotzel Helmut Sachse Konrad Pospischil Andreas Bozsó Miklós Glávits Róbert Molnár Tamás |
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| Institution: | Central Agricultural Office Veterinary Diagnostic Directorate, H-1149 Budapest, Tábornok u. 2, Hungary. szeredil@oai.hu |
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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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