The blood, vaginal secretions and nasal secretions of 52 fresh aborted cows and their mothers were collected from 8 large-scale dairy farms in Mengjin area to investigate the main pathogens causing cow abortion. The samples were tested for neosporidium (N.chaninum), Toxoplasma gondii (T.gondii), Trichomonas foetus (T. PCR and RT-PCR were used to detect 6 common abortive pathogens: foetus, B. bortus, bovine infectious rhinotracheitis virus (IBRV) and bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV). The results showed that the total infection rate was 44.2% (23/52), and the infection rate of neosporidium was the highest (32.7% (17/52)). IBRV followed with 13.5% (7/52). The infection rates of fetal trichomonas, Brucella, Toxoplasma and BVDV were 1.9%, 1.9%, 1.9% and 0, respectively. 11.5% (6/52) of the samples had mixed infection, and the main infection was Neosporidium +IBRV (50%, 3/6). Combined with the clinical characteristics and feeding management of the aborted cows, it is concluded that neosporidium is the main pathogen leading to the abortion of cows in this area. |