Factors Associated with Bovine Neonatal Pancytopenia (BNP) in Calves: A Case-Control Study

Sarah L Lambton, Adrian D Colloff, Richard P Smith, George L Caldow, Sandra F E Scholes, Kim Willoughby, Fiona Howie, Johanne Ellis-Iversen, Graham David, Alasdair J C Cook and Andrew Holliman

PLOS ONE, 2012, vol. 7, issue 5, 1-7

Abstract: Bovine neonatal pancytopenia (BNP; previously known as idiopathic haemorrhagic diathesis and commonly known as bleeding calf syndrome) is a novel haemorrhagic disease of young calves which has emerged in a number of European countries during recent years. Data were retrospectively collected during June to November 2010 for 56 case calves diagnosed with BNP between 17 March and 7 June of the same year. These were compared with 58 control calves randomly recruited from herds with no history of BNP. Multivariable logistic regression analysis showed that increased odds of a calf being a BNP case were associated with its dam having received PregSure® BVD (Pfizer Animal Health) vaccination prior to the birth of the calf (odds ratio (OR) 40.78, p

Date: 2012
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