Causative agent
- Campylobacter fetus subsp. fetus, or
Campylobacter fetus subsp. venerealis
Differential diagnosis
- Brucellosis
- Salmonellosis
- Trichomoniasis
- IBR virus infection
- Chlamydiasis
1. History taking
- Increased infertile cows
- Abortion in middle age fetuses (5-7 months)
- Involvement of above phenomena with
specific bull
2. Clinical examination
- Infertile cows: symptomless, irregular estrus
cycle, mild endocervicitis and/or increasing
and opacity of vaginal mucus
- Aborted cows : sudden abortion, swelling of
vulva, transudate from vagina, apparently
normal aborted fetus
3. Serological examination
Vaginal Mucus Agglutination (VMA) test for detection of antibody extracted from vaginal mucus collected by swab or tampon
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4. Necropsy (aborted fetus)
- Gelatinous infiltration in hypoclerm
- Increasing and turbid of hydrothorax and ascites
- Adhesion of fibrin to abdominal organs
5. Fetal and washing smear
- Smear and stain : comma like or S-shape spindal
bacteria by carbol fuchsin solution
: by FA method using conjugated
antibody for bull specimen and gastrointestinal
content of aborted fetus. Bull specimens are washed,
centrifuged, and the resuspended sediment is
filtered through a membrane filter (0.65 µm)
before examination
6. Bacterial isolation
Specimen : semen and preputial washings from bull,
contents of abomasum, small intestine
and cecum of fetus
Media : blood agar and selective media for
Campylobacter
- Culture : blood agar should be incubated at 37°C
under mixed gas (10% CO2, 5% O2 and
80-85% N2) for 2-3 days or use campy
pak
: thiol medium with rubber stopper is
cultivated at 37°C for 3 days for further
passage
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