Dictyocaulosis in beef cows in Buenos Aires province, Argentina: description of two outbreaks
Dictiocaulosis en vacas de cria
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https://doi.org/10.24215/15142590e047Keywords:
lungworm, parasitic bronchitis, bovineAbstract
Dictyocaulosis or parasitic bronchitis is caused by Dictyocaulus viviparus, a direct life cycle nematode, and is most frequently associated with clinical disease in young cattle during their first grazing season. This work describes two outbreaks of dictyocaulosis, in two cow-calf farms in Buenos Aires province, Argentina that caused the death of 13.6 and 15.7% of animals, respectively. In both outbreaks, clinical and pathological findings, and the presence of nematodes in respiratory tract, in some cases only observed in the histopathological analysis, allowed diagnosis confirmation.
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