NAVLE® Question of the day

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.

Specific diseases associated with bovine metritis or endometritis include brucellosis, leptospirosis, trichomoniasis, and bovine campylobacter.