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This article is part of the supplement: Perinatal Death In Domestic Animals: The 20th Symposium of the Nordic Committee for Veterinary Scientific Cooperation (NKVet)

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Prenatal death in Icelandic cattle

Baldur Helgi Benjamínsson email

Association of dairy and beef cattle farmers, Bitruháls 1, IS-110 Reykjavík, Iceland

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from Perinatal Death In Domestic Animals: The 20th Symposium of the Nordic Committee for Veterinary Scientific Cooperation (NKVet)
Reykjavik, Iceland. 26–27 April 2007

Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2007, 49(Suppl 1):S16doi:10.1186/1751-0147-49-S1-S16

Published: 12 December 2007

First paragraph (this article has no abstract)

The main aim of this article is to give an overview of the research done in the field of prenatal death in Icelandic cattle in the recent years. So far, no single reason has been found for the massive rate of stillborn calves in this population. It seems reasonable to suggest that it's a result of complex interaction of many factors. Since March 2006, a big project in this area has been ongoing, divided into seven sections:


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