• Abortion outbreak caused by Campylobacter fetus subspecies venerealis and Neospora caninum in a bovine dairy herd 

      Macias Rioseco, Melissa; Caffarena, Rubén; Fraga, Martín; Silveira, Caroline; Giannitti, Federico; Canton, German Jose; Hecker, Yanina; Suanes, Alejandra; Riet Correa, Franklin (Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales, Agrícola y Pecuarias, México, 2019-11)
      In November 2015, an abortion outbreak occurred in a commercial dairy herd of 650 Holstein cows in Florida department, Uruguay. Forty-five (45) cows aborted within 3 wk. Five fetuses were subjected to gross and microscopic ...
    • Bacterial, protozoal and viral abortions in sheep and goats in South America: A review. 

      Dorsch, Matías; Canton, German Jose; Driemeier, David; Anderson, Mark.; Moeller, Robert; Giannitti, Federico (Elsevier, 2021-10-06)
      Bacterial, protozoal and viral diseases are major causes of abortion in sheep and goats. These agents cause significant economic losses, and many are considered of concern for public health (zoonotic pathogens) and/or the ...
    • Bovine neosporosis in dairy cattle from the southern highlands of Ecuador 

      Maldonado Rivera, J.E.; Vallecillo, A.J.; Pérez, C.L; Cirone, Karina Mariela; Dorsch, M.A.; Scioli, V.; Hecker, Yanina; Fiorani, Franco; Canton, German Jose; Moore, Prando Dadin (Elsevier, 2020-01-25)
      The aim of this study was to describe bovine neosporosis in dairy cattle from the Sierra region, Ecuador. A case-control study was performed on 841 dairy cattle from 5 dairy herds. The overall seroprevalence was 23.4% ...
    • Caracterización diagnóstica de las causas infecciosas del aborto bovino 

      Morrell, Eleonora Lidia (Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, 2010)
      El objetivo del presente estudio fue el desarrollo y la aplicación de técnicas diagnósticas mejoradas para aumentar la eficiencia del diagnóstico del aborto bovino. Para ello, se realizó la necropsia de 150 fetos bovinos, ...
    • Characterization of the first bovine gammaherpesvirus 4 strain isolated from an aborted bovine fetus in Argentina 

      Romeo, Florencia; Manrique, Julieta; Perez, Sandra; Louge Uriarte, Enrique Leopoldo; Marin, Maia Solange; Canton, German Jose; Leunda, Maria Rosa; González Altamiranda, Erika; Pereyra, Susana Beatriz; Spetter, Lucas Maximiliano; Odeon, Anselmo Carlos; Jones, Leandro; Verna, Andrea Elizabeth (Springer Verlag, 2020-01-24)
      Bovine herpesvirus 4 (BoHV-4) is increasingly believed to be responsible for several disorders of the bovine reproductive tract. The first characterization of BoHV-4 in Argentina was from samples from an aborted fetus. ...
    • Chlamydia pecorum : fetal and placental lesions in sporadic caprine abortion 

      Giannitti, Federico; Anderson, Mark; Miller, Myrna; Rowe, Joan; Sverlow, Karen; Vasquez, Marce; Canton, German Jose (2016)
      Chlamydial abortion in small ruminants is usually associated with Chlamydia abortus infection. Although Chlamydia pecorum has been detected in aborted ruminants and epidemiological data suggests that C. pecorum is abortigenic ...
    • Comparación de ELISAs comerciales para la detección de anticuerpos en la investigación diagnóstica del aborto asociado a Neospora caninum en rodeos lecheros de Uruguay 

      da Silva Silveira, Caroline; Armendano, Joaquín Ignacio; Moore, Prando Dadin; Canton, German Jose; Macías Riosecoa, Melissa; Riet Correa, Franklin; Giannitti, Federico (Elsevier, 2020-06)
      A pesar de su importancia, el diagnóstico etiológico del aborto en bovinos representa un desafío técnico para los veterinarios clínicos y laboratoristas, en parte debido a la dificultad de recuperar los fetos abortados en ...
    • Controlling endemic Neospora caninum-related abortions in a dairy herd from Argentina 

      Lagomarsino, Horacio; Scioli, Agustín; Rodriguez, Alejandro Martin; Armendano, Joaquín Ignacio; Fiorani, Franco; Bence, Ángel; García, Joaquín; Hecker, Yanina; Gual, Ignacio; Canton, German Jose; Odeon, Anselmo Carlos; Campero, Carlos Manuel; Moore, Prando Dadin (Frontiers Media, Switzerland, 2019-12-12)
      After diagnosis of endemic abortions due to neosporosis in a commercial dairy farm, routes of Neospora caninum-transmission were evaluated in order to choose the best strategy for reducing its seroprevalence and related ...
    • Current trends in bovine abortion in Argentina 

      Morrell, Eleonora Lidia; Campero, Carlos Manuel; Canton, German Jose; Odeon, Anselmo Carlos; Moore, Prando Dadin; Odriozola, Ernesto Raul; Paolicchi, Fernando; Fiorentino, María Andrea (Colegio Brasileiro de Pathología Animal, 2019-01)
      Bovine abortion is an important cause of significant economic losses in beef and dairy herds. This syndrome is usually difficult to diagnose. The aim of this study was to characterize bovine abortion causes in Argentina ...
    • Detection methods and characterization of bovine viral diarrhea virus in aborted fetuses and neonatal calves over a 22-year period 

      Spetter, Lucas Maximiliano; Louge Uriarte, Enrique Leopoldo; Armendano, Joaquín Ignacio; Morrell, Eleonora Lidia; Canton, German Jose; Verna, Andrea Elizabeth; Dorsch, Matías; Pereyra, Susana Beatriz; Odeon, Anselmo Carlos; Saliki, Jeremiah; González Altamiranda, Erika (Springer, 2020-05-16)
      Detection of bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV) in aborted fetus samples is often difficult due to tissue autolysis and inappropriate sampling. Studies assessing different methods for BVDV identification in fetal specimens ...
    • Editorial: Diseases affecting reproduction and the neonatal period in ruminants, Volume II 

      Canton, German Jose; Louge Uriarte, Enrique Leopoldo; Moore, Prando Dadin (Frontiers Media, 2022-09-22)
      The papers included in this Research Topic focus on common infectious and parasitic disease agents that cause ruminant abortion and perinatal (Dorsch et al., Giannitti et al., Gondim and McAllister, Gual et al.) and neonatal ...
    • Editorial: Infectious diseases affecting reproduction and the neonatal period in cattle 

      Moore, Prando Dadin; Canton, German Jose; Louge Uriarte, Enrique Leopoldo (Frontiers Media, 2021-04-22)
      Even with the global scenario after the SARS CoV-2 pandemic, human population keeps growing, and therefore food safety and quality demand is increasing. So, it is required to improve the efficiency in most livestock ...
    • Epidemic abortions due to Neospora caninum infection in farmed red deer (Cervus elaphus) 

      Soler, Juan Pablo; Moré, Gastón; Urtizbiria, Facundo Nahuel; Hecker, Yanina; Cirone, Karina Mariela; Scioli, Maria Valeria; Paolicchi, Fernando; Fiorentino, María Andrea; Louge Uriarte, Enrique Leopoldo; Canton, German Jose; Verna, Andrea Elizabeth; Morrell, Eleonora Lidia; Moore, Prando Dadin (Springer Nature, 2022-03-19)
      This study describes for the first time an abortion outbreak caused by Neospora caninum in farmed red deer. During a 5-year period, farmed hinds, naturally mated, were regularly ultrasound monitored to detect reproductive ...
    • Equine abortion and stillbirth in California: a review of 1,774 cases received at a diagnostic laboratory, 1990–2022 

      Canton, German Jose; Navarro, Mauricio; Asin, Javier; Chu, Peter; Henderson, Eileen; Mete, Asli; Uzal, Francisco (SAGE Publications, 2023-02)
      Reproductive failure represents an important cause of economic loss for the equine industry. We reviewed the cases of equine abortion and stillbirth submitted to the California Animal Health and Food Safety Laboratory ...
    • Fetos abortados 

      Morrell, Eleonora Lidia; Micheloud, Juan Francisco; Canton, German Jose (Ediciones INTA, 2023-12)
      La necropsia es una herramienta diagnóstica fundamental que facilita la identificación de entidades patológicas en los fetos, lo que permitirá luego plantear medidas de control específicas para cada una de las etiologías ...
    • First case report of Toxoplasma gondii-induced abortions and stillbirths in sheep in Argentina 

      Gual, Ignacio; Giannitti, Federico; Hecker, Yanina Paola; Shivers, J.; Entrocassi, Carolina; Morrell, Eleonora Lidia; Pardini, L.; Fiorentino, Marí­a Andrea; Rodríguez Fermepin, M.; Unzaga, Juan Manuel; Canton, German Jose; Venturini, María Cecilia; Moore, Prando Dadin (2018-05)
      The aim of this study is to report an episode of reproductive losses due to toxoplasmosis in a sheep flock in Argentina. A total of 15 abortions and 9 stillbirths were recorded in a flock of 190 Texel ewes. The affected ...
    • Histopathological, Immunohistochemical, Lectinhistochemical and Molecular Findings in Spontaneous Bovine Abortions by Campylobacter fetus 

      Morrell, Eleonora Lidia; Barbeito, Claudio Gustavo; Odeon, Anselmo Carlos; Gimeno, Eduardo Juan; Campero, Carlos Manuel (Wiley, 2011-04)
      Bovine campylobacteriosis (BC) is a venereal disease caused by Campylobacter fetus characterized by temporary infertility with mild endometritis, early embryonic death and occasional abortions. The objectives of this study ...
    • Improvement of Leptospira spp. diagnosis in aborted bovine fetuses by qPCR 

      Cheuquepan Valenzuel, Felipe Andres; Recavarren, Mariana; Quintana, Silvina; Canton, German Jose; Odeon, Anselmo Carlos; Marin, Maia Solange; Morrell, Eleonora Lidia (Elsevier, 2020-09)
      Leptospirosis is a disease with major economic impact on livestock industry. The objective of this work was to determine the presence of Leptospira spp. DNA by qPCR in bovine fetuses with presumptive diagnosis of leptospirosis ...
    • Infectious sporadic bovine abortions: retrospective analysis 

      Fiorentino, María Andrea; Acuña, Yamila; Sosa, Emiliano; Canton, German Jose; Erreguerena, Ignacio Antonio; Malena, Rosana Claudia; Mendez, Maria Alejandra; Morrell, Eleonora Lidia; Garcia, Juan Agustin (Springer Nature, 2024-03-01)
      Infectious sporadic abortions in cattle are mainly caused by opportunistic bacteria and fungi usually present in environmental or gastrointestinal and reproductive microbiota of healthy animals. A retrospective analysis ...
    • Microsatellite genotyping reveals extensive genetic diversity in bovine Neospora caninum from the humid Pampa region in Argentina 

      Dorsch, Matias; Regidor-Cerrillo, Javier; Ortega-Mora, Luis; Scioli, Maria Valeria; Morrell, Eleonora Lidia; Canton, German Jose; Moore, Prando Dadin; Hecker, Yanina (Springer Verlag, 2020-10-15)
      Neospora caninum is an apicomplexan protozoan and a major cause of abortion in cattle worldwide. In the Argentinian Humid Pampa, bovine neosporosis causes severe economic losses. Despite this, information on the genetic ...