Serology for Neosporosis Q fever and Brucellosis to assess the cause of abortion in two dairy cattle herds in Ecuador

摘要

BackgroundDetermining the infectious cause of abortion in cattle is difficult. This case-control study was set up to investigate the infectious causes of abortion by determining the seroprevalence of three reproductive pathogens in dairy cattle in Ecuador and their association with abortion: Brucella abortus, Neospora caninum and Coxiella burnetii.