cow abortions

[WhoaFlicka]

ive had two cows abort in two weeks have never had any problems with this anyone else having any troubles this winter??

 

[OLD WORLD SHORTIE]

Man that sucks. i had one that did this past summer, she had twins though keep telling myself maybe it was a good thing.

 

[JTM]

I had one out of an smokey x angus cross cow about a month ago. I'm not sure what the deal was. I do know that a couple of my round bales had a little bit of mold in them, but have not had any other abortions. I would definitely be looking at your feed for mold, and then I would test those two cows for all six strains of Lepto and probably go ahead and test for IBR and a few others.

 

[Shady Lane]

BVD is another virus that may cause abortions.

May be worth saving one of the aborted calves and having it sampled.

 

[lightnin4]

Definately test the cows for the diseases that the others mentioned.  If you have another (I hope you don't) it's worth taking to your vet or state lab for testing--send the placenta too.  Also, you might want to have your hay tested for nitrates.  If its too high it can kill the calf, thus causing abortions.