Large animal section: No. 11
NECROPSY :
ABORTED BOVINE FOETUS
Remember :
1. Brucellosis is a zoonosis! Prevent contamination.
2. Placental cotyledons are helpful for examination and
should be included for evaluation.
The following test packages are offered by VetPath :
1. BASIC TESTS ON AN ABORTED FOETUS
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Necropsy
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Histopathology – lung, liver, spleen,
brain, skeletal muscle, myocardium, kidney, thyroid, adrenal gland, thymus and
placenta (cotelydon)
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Cytology :
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Blood smear – Diff Quick stain
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Tissue smear – cotelydon, lung or
abomasum mucosa (in order of preference)
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Giminez stain – for Chlamydia/Coxiella
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Stamps stain – for Brucella
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Diff Quick stain – for Protozoa
2. COMPREHENSIVE TESTS ON AN ABORTED FOETUS
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All above mentioned BASIC tests, and
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Bacterial culture – fresh foetal organs
and abomasum for cultures, including selective media for Brucella spp.
isolation.
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Immunohistochemistry – bovine viral
diarrhoea (BVD) antigen detection
3.
ADDITIONAL TESTS AVAILABLE
Must be specifically
requested additional to the comprehensive test.
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Histochemistry (on formalin fixed
material)
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Infectious bovine rhinotracheitis
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Neospora spores
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Rift valley fever
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Sheep – Toxoplasma and Wesselsbron
disease are also available
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PCR test for Chlamydia (on fresh
organs)
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Pre-colostrum foetal fluid (CSF,
thoracic fluid) or serum from late abortion for detection of antibodies
against certain abortigenic infections – please specify agents to test for.
NOTE :
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Infectious agents are only confirmed in
about 30-40% of cases of abortion.
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If smears (minimum 4) are submitted they
must be air dried, well packed and
sealed to prevent formalin fume contamination.
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Please specify the specific test package
and additional tests required on the submission form.
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Fees for
packages and individual tests are supplied on our fee
list
(2003).
For further information contact:
VetPath Veterinary Pathologists
P.O. Box 8464
Pretoria 0001
Tel: (012) 529 8345/6
e-mail: info@vetpath.co.za
