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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Causes of bovine abortion, stillbirth and neonatal death in Finland 1999–2006

Paula Syrjälä¹ , Marjukka Anttila², Kati Dillard², Marja Fossi³, Kirsi Collin³, Minna Nylund⁴ and Tiina Autio¹

¹Finnish Food Safety Authority Evira, Kuopio Research Unit, Kuopio, Finland

²Pathology Research Unit, Helsinki, Finland

³Seinäjoki Research Unit, Seinäjoki, Finland

⁴Oulu Research Unit, Oulu, Finland

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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):S3doi:10.1186/1751-0147-49-S1-S3

Published:	12 December 2007

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The aim of this retrospective study was to reveal the causes of bovine abortions, stillbirths and neonatal deaths in Finland. All cases submitted for necropsy to laboratories of the Finnish Food Safety Authority Evira between 1999 and 2006 were included. A total of 434 cases were received, of which the majority (336) were obtained as routine laboratory diagnostic service and additional 98 cases from two research projects. The production type was available in 242 cases, of which 55% were from dairy farms and 45% beef cow-calf farms. A total of 271 entire fetuses, 147 stillborn or neonatal calves dead within the first 24 hours and sixteen tissue samples were obtained. Placental tissue was available in 116 cases (26%).