Prevalence of trichomoniasis in dairy cows with some reproductive disorders in Aydin Province in Turkey
2011
Serin, I., Adnan Menderes University, Aydin (Turkey). Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Reproduction and Artificial Insemination | Aldemir, O.S., Adnan Menderes University, Aydin (Turkey). Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Parasitology | Ceylan, A., Adnan Menderes University, Aydin (Turkey). Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Reproduction and Artificial Insemination | Erdogan, G., Adnan Menderes University, Aydin (Turkey). Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Obstetric and Gynaecology
Trichomoniasis is sexually transmitted disease in cattle. Causative agent of trichomoniasis is Trichomonas foetus that colonizes only in the reproductive tract mucosa of cattle and causes from mild vaginitis or cervicitis to endometritis, transient or permanent infertility and abortion, leading to economic losses. The parasite in transmitted form infected bulls to heifers/cows during mating. The aim of the study was to investigate the prevalence of T. foetus infection in dairy cows with some reproductive disorders in Aydin Province of Turkey. In this study 164 dairy cows between 2-9 years old suffered from various reproductive disorders (vaginal discharge, metritis, abortus, repeat breeder and anoestrus) were used. For this purpose, smears prepared from the vagina were fixed for 15 minutes by fixative solution. The slides were then air-dried, stained wit Giemsa for 40 minutes and washed with distilled water. All slides were then examined microscopically. The primary purpose of staining is to optimize the visualization of key anatomic structures to facilitate accurate identification of an organism. The percentage of infected cows was found 8.53% (n=14). Two out of 7 cows with vaginal discharge, 3 out of 41 cows with metritis, 4 out of 4 cows with abortus and 5 out of 36 cows with repeat breeder were found as T. foetus positive. Anoestrus cows were not positive.
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