Matías A Dorsch, María E Francia, Leandro R Tana, Fabiana C González, Andrés Cabrera, Lucía Calleros, Margarita Sanguinetti, Maila Barcellos, Leticia Zarantonelli, Camila Ciuffo, Leticia Maya, Matías Castells, Santiago Mirazo, Caroline da Silva Silveira, Ana Rabaza, Rubén D Caffarena, Benjamín Doncel Díaz, Virginia Aráoz, Carolina Matto, Joaquín I Armendano, Sofía Salada, Martín Fraga, Sergio Fierro, Federico Giannitti
The aim of this work was to identify causes of abortion through laboratory investigations in sheep flocks in Uruguay. One hundred cases of abortion, comprising 58 fetuses, 36 fetuses with their placentas, and 6 placentas were investigated in 2015-2021. Cases were subjected to gross and microscopic pathologic examinations, and microbiological and serological testing for the identification of causes of abortion, including protozoal, bacterial, and viral pathogens. An etiologic diagnosis was determined in 46 (46%) cases, including 33 (33%) cases caused by infectious pathogens, as determined by the detection of a pathogen along with the identification of fetoplacental lesions attributable to the detected pathogen...
2022: Frontiers in Veterinary Science