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Title: Risk factors and diseases associated with failure of natural passive immunization in foals
Other Titles: Fatores de risco e enfermidades associadas a falha na imunização passiva natural em potros
Keywords: Foals - Immunity
Colostrum
Foals - Infectious diseases
Potros - Imunidade
Colostro
Potros - Doenças infecciosas
Issue Date: 2022
Publisher: Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Citation: PÁDUA, J. A. M. de et al. Risk factors and diseases associated with failure of natural passive immunization in foals. Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Belo Horizonte, v. 74, n. 4, p. 611-616, July/Aug. 2022. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1590/1678-4162-12566.
Abstract: This study aimed to report the prevalence of diseases in foals, patients at the Hospital Veterinário de Grandes Animais, Universidade Federal de Lavras (HVGA-UFLA), and its association with deaths and possible failures in the transfer of passive immunity (FTIP) via colostrum. Data were obtained from clinical records of horses aged between 0 and 3 months, admitted to the HVGA between January/2014 and December/2018. Descriptive analyzes of the diseases and organ systems affected were performed, as well as univariate analyzes with chi-square or Fisher's exact tests, identifying possible associations between FTIP, infectious diseases and other factors. No significant relationships were found between FTIP and infectious disease, meconium retention, sepsis, or death. However, it was shown that animals weighing between 10 and 30kg were 29.333 times more likely (95% confidence interval 1.734 – 505.951) to die than those weighing between 30.1 and 130kg. Therefore, it can be concluded that low weight is a very relevant risk factor, which may be related to the failure of postural reflexes and, consequently, to the inability to ingest colostrum, impairing the ability to respond to infectious agents.
URI: http://repositorio.ufla.br/jspui/handle/1/58112
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