Bovine viral diarrhoea virus (BVDV) is the most prevalent infectious disease of cattle. It
causes financial losses from a variety of clinical manifestations and is the subject of a …

Pestiviruses are among the economically most important pathogens of livestock. The biology
of these viruses is characterized by unique and interesting features that are both crucial for …

The establishment of pregnancy in ruminants occurs during the peri-implantation period and
involves the suppression of the endometrial luteolytic mechanism to maintain progesterone …

Background In food production animals, especially cattle, the diagnosis of gestation is
important because the timing of gestation directly affects the running of farms. Various …

The aims of this study were to 1) identify the earliest transcriptional response of the bovine
endometrium to the presence of the conceptus (using RNAseq), 2) investigate if these genes …

Bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV) is an important infectious disease agent that causes
significant reproductive and economic losses in the cattle industry worldwide. Although …

Abortion and perinatal mortality, leading causes of economic loss in cattle industry, are the
consequence of both non-infectious and a wide range of infectious causes. However, the …

Objectives were to identify cows with embryo mortality (EM) around the period of corpus
luteum maintenance by interferon tau (IFNT) and to characterize ovarian function in cows …

Infections with bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV) of the genus pestivirus, family Flaviviridae,
are not limited to cattle but occur in various artiodactyls. Persistently infected (PI) cattle are …

Early detection of gestation is important in the bovine industry. New methods have been
developed to detect gene expression in leucocytes induced by interferon-tau (IFNT) as …