Perinatal Death in Domestic Animals
Proceedings of the 20th Symposium of the Nordic Committee for Veterinary Scientific Cooperation (NKVet) Radisson Sas Saga Hotel Reykjavik, Iceland 26–27 April 2007
Scientific Programme Committee Chair Þorsteinn Ólafsson, Iceland Members Mette Helga Schmidt, Denmark Terttu Katila, Finland Anna Eggertsdottir, Norway Hans Gustafsson, Sweden
The NKVet Board Chair Ann Margaret Grøndahl, Norway Secretary Ola Nyberg, Norway Members Vibeke Dantzer, Denmark Vibeke Sørensen, Denmark Tuula Honkanen‐Buzalski, Finland Terttu Katila, Finland Þorsteinn Ólafsson, Iceland Tore Tollersrud, Norway Anders Engvall, Sweden Hans Kindahl, Sweden Practical organisation Íslandsfundir ehf ‐ Meeting Iceland Suðurlandsbraut 30 108 Reykjavík Telephone +354 588 9720 Manager: Þórunn Ingólfsdóttir Mobile +354 898 6954
[email protected] Editor Þorrsteinn Ólafsson
The Scientific Programme Committee and the NKVet would like to thank the Nordic Joint Committee for Agricultural Research which has made this Symposium financially possible. The Committee and the NKVet would also like to thank MS Iceland Dairies for financial support and Meeting Iceland for organizing and hosting the NKVet 20th Symposium website.
Contents S1
Tissue cyst forming coccidia; Toxoplasma gondii and Neospora caninum as a cause of disease in farm animals Siv Klevar
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Canine neonatal mortality in four large breeds Astrid Indrebø, Cathrine Trangerud and Lars Moe
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Causes of bovine abortion, stillbirth and neonatal death in Finland 1999‐2006 Paula Syrjälä, Marjukka Anttila, Kati Dillard, Marja Fossi, Kirsi Collin, Minna Nylund and Tiina Autio
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Causes of perinatal death in lambs in Oppdal and Rennebu, Norway Knut Ingolf Dragset , Lisbeth Hektoen and Margareth Opheim
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Complex vertebral malformation syndrome in Holstein cattle: the story so far Jørgen S Agerholm
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Feeding affects reproductive performance and reproductive endocrinology in the gilt and sow Olli AT Peltoniemi, Claudio Oliviero, Outi Hälli and Mari Heinonen
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Genomic imprinting – an epigenetic regulation of fetal development and loss Preben Dybdahl Thomsen
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High mortality rates among newborn laboratory mice – is it natural and which are the causes? Elin M Weber, Anna S Olsson and Bo Algers
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High risk pregnant mare Mats HT Troedsson
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Infections and perinatal diseases – a comparative overview Berit Djønne
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Matrix metalloproteinases 2 and 9 in equine amniotic fluid and placental tissues during the last trimester and at parturition Charlotta Oddsdottir, Simon C Riley, Rosemary Leask, Abigail L Fowden, Sidney W Ricketts, Christine Aurich and Elaine D Watson
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Modern technology in supervision of parturition to prevent piglet mortality Claudio Oliviero, Mari Heinonen, Matti Pastell, Jukka Heikkonen, Anna Valros, Outi Vainio and Olli Peltoniemi
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Perinatal death associated with ET, IVP and cloning in cattle Mette Schmidt
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Perinatal death in production animals in the Nordic countries ‐ incidence and costs Olav Østerås2, Mona Solum Gjestvang, Synnøve Vatn and Liv Sølverød
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Placenta functions with special emphasis on endocrine changes – a comparative overview Hans Kindahl
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Prenatal death in Icelandic cattle Baldur Helgi Benjamínsson
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Stillbirths in Holstein heifers – some results from Swedish research Hans Gustafsson, Hans Kindahl and Britt Berglund
List of Participants Lastname Agerholm Algers Andersen Bassu Benjamínsson Bergsdóttir Björnsdóttir Borge Brugger Dagbjartsson Dantzer Djønne Dýrmundsson Engvall Gröndahl Gustafsson Hansson Harðarson Hektoen Holm Indrebø Jónmundsson Katila Kindahl Klevar Konráðsson Loch Mustonen Nyberg Oddsdóttir Ólafsson Oliviero Östensson Østerås Peltoniemi Röksen Runólfsson Schmidt Sigurðarson Sørensen
Firstname Jörgen Bo Linn Therese Giovanna Baldur Helgi Sigurbjörg Sigríður Kaja Sverdrup Brigitte Atli Vibeke Berit Ólafur R. Anders Ann Margaret Hans Hákon Grétar Hrafn Lisbeth Elisabeth Astrid Jón Viðar Terttu Hans Siv Konráð Irene Eeva Ola Egil Charlotta Þorsteinn Claudio Karin Olav Olli Olav Halldór Mette Sigurður Vibeke
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