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Table 1 Distribution of infections associated with foetal loss (n = 31) in 260 dairy cattle in Nakuru District, Kenya, 2010–2011

From: Seroprevalence of antibodies for bovine viral diarrhoea virus, Brucella abortus and Neospora caninum, and their roles in the incidence of abortion/foetal loss in dairy cattle herds in Nakuru District, Kenya

Abortifacient pathogen

Number

Percentage

NC

9

29.0

NC and BVDV1

4

12.9

BVDV

3

9.7

BA

2

6.5

NC and BA1

2

6.5

NC, BA and BVDV1

1

3.2

No NC, BA or BVDV infection

10

32.3

Total

31

100.0

  1. 1Indicates animals that had co-infections (i.e four-fold rise in antibody titres to more than one pathogen with subsequent foetal loss)
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BMC Veterinary Research

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