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Incidence of Abortion and Stillbirth in University Dairy Farm of Himachal Pradesh:A Retrospective Study


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1 Department of Veterinary Gynaecology and Obstetrics, DGCN College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, CSK Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya, Palampur-176 062, India
2 Department of Instructional Livestock Farm Complex, DGCN College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, CSK Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya, Palampur-176 062, India
3 Department of Animal Breeding & Genetics, DGCN College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, CSK Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya, Palampur-176 062, India
 

Abortions and stillbirth cause a great loss to the dairy industry in term of loss of progeny, increased period of intercalving interval, increased incidence of infertility/sterility and decreased production of the animals (Ingale et al. 2013). The calves born dead before term were included in abortion cases and the calves which were born dead or died within 24 hours before term were included in stillbirth cases (Roberts 1971). The present study was done to record the Incidence of abortion and stillbirth in livestock farm of the university. The data were collected from the records of livestock farm of the university. The experimental animals comprised of Jersey and crossbred (Jersey X Red Sindhi) cows maintained in the farm from 1999 to 2009. The data were generated on abortion and stillbirth after observation of 1401 calvings. Out of 1401 calvings, 518 were Jersey calvings and 883 were crossbred calvings.
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Pravesh Kumar
Department of Veterinary Gynaecology and Obstetrics, DGCN College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, CSK Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya, Palampur-176 062, India
Madhumeet Singh
Department of Veterinary Gynaecology and Obstetrics, DGCN College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, CSK Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya, Palampur-176 062, India
Amit Sharma
Department of Veterinary Gynaecology and Obstetrics, DGCN College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, CSK Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya, Palampur-176 062, India
Pradeep Kumar Dogra
Department of Instructional Livestock Farm Complex, DGCN College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, CSK Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya, Palampur-176 062, India
Yash Pal Thakur
Department of Animal Breeding & Genetics, DGCN College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, CSK Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya, Palampur-176 062, India

Abstract


Abortions and stillbirth cause a great loss to the dairy industry in term of loss of progeny, increased period of intercalving interval, increased incidence of infertility/sterility and decreased production of the animals (Ingale et al. 2013). The calves born dead before term were included in abortion cases and the calves which were born dead or died within 24 hours before term were included in stillbirth cases (Roberts 1971). The present study was done to record the Incidence of abortion and stillbirth in livestock farm of the university. The data were collected from the records of livestock farm of the university. The experimental animals comprised of Jersey and crossbred (Jersey X Red Sindhi) cows maintained in the farm from 1999 to 2009. The data were generated on abortion and stillbirth after observation of 1401 calvings. Out of 1401 calvings, 518 were Jersey calvings and 883 were crossbred calvings.

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