id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-006819-sxz1s6kz Daniel Givens, M. Infectious causes of embryonic and fetal mortality 2008-05-27 .txt text/plain 7666 538 46 The clinical presentations of disease due to reproductive pathogens are emphasized, with a focus on assisting development of complete lists of causes that result in abortion and infertility in these species. Fetal maceration results when abortion or parturition fails to occur following fetal death and CL regression (occasionally in bovine www.theriojournal.com Available online at www.sciencedirect.com Theriogenology 70 (2008) 270-285 Table 1 Infectious causes of infertility and abortion in domestic animals Infected animals can experience signs of infertility due to early embryonic death and abortion between 4 and 7 months of gestation. Transmission occurs via contact with materials contaminated by infected respiratory or vaginal discharges; the bacteria then spread hematogenously to the fetus. Affected animals might have no clinical signs of disease, but serve as a source of infection, or they can abort late in gestation and have stillbirths. ./cache/cord-006819-sxz1s6kz.txt ./txt/cord-006819-sxz1s6kz.txt