Which one of the following sets of conditions predispose a cow to metritis?
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Cows are predisposed to post-parturient metritis by many things, including:
– Dystocia
– Overfeeding in dry period
– Ca-P imbalance in feed
Cows are also predisposed to metritis by:
– Retained placenta
– Contaminated calving environment
– Abortion
– Malnutrition
In cattle, the causative bacterial organisms isolated most often are Trueperella pyogenes alone or with Fusobacterium necrophorum or other gram-negative anaerobes.
Note the name changes – Trueperella pyogenes used to be called Arcanobacterium pyogenes and before that it was classified as Corynebacterium pyogenes.
