Kindahl, Hans
- Department of Clinical Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Abstract
During 3 consecutive calving seasons, calving performance, placental characteristics and endocrine profiles of total 98 pregnancies of late pregnant Swedish Red and White (SRB) and Swedish Holstein (SLB) dairy heifers and cows, were investigated. Ninety-four singleton pregnancies and 4 sets of twins were recorded. In animals with singleton pregnancy, 8 stillbirths, 7 weak calves, 3 premature parturitions and I abortion were registered. In the SLB heifers, 19% of stillbirth (5/26) were observed, while 5% (2/42) were noted for the SRB heifers. One stillborn calf derived from the SRB cows and none was found from the SLB cows. In the heifers and cows delivering a normal living calf with unassisted parturition, the placentome, thickness monitored by ultrasonography was constant towards the end of pregnancy. The numbers of foetal cotyledons varied individually between animals but in total, fewer cotyledons were found in the foetal membranes of the SRB animals than in the SLB animals (69+/-19) vs. (88+/-29) (p
Published in
Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica
2003, volume: 44, number: 1-2, pages: 21-33
Publisher: DANSKE DYRLAEGEFORENING
SLU Authors
UKÄ Subject classification
Other Veterinary Science
Publication identifier
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1751-0147-44-21
Permanent link to this page (URI)
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/2517