{"title":"Bovine Congenital Defects Recorded in a National Survey of Dairy and Beef Herds Over Ten Years (2014-2023).","authors":"Katie Quigley, John F Mee","doi":"10.1111/rda.70067","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study describes a novel model of farm-based congenital defect recording, with use of accessory data from a national breeding organisation. The study ran from 2014 to 2023 inclusive resulting in 522 reports of bovine congenital defects with additional data available for a subset (369/522). The most commonly reported defect was intestinal atresia (24.3%), followed by multiple defects (19.9%), and tail abnormalities (13.4%). This is the first national survey of bovine congenital defects in Ireland. It shows that while farmer-reported cases generally lack a veterinary clinical or necropsy examination, farmers are in the unique position of being able to report phenotypic abnormalities first-hand, and provide an unbiased perspective of the true typology and epidemiology of congenital defects on farm.</p>","PeriodicalId":21035,"journal":{"name":"Reproduction in Domestic Animals","volume":"60 5","pages":"e70067"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6000,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12042788/pdf/","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Reproduction in Domestic Animals","FirstCategoryId":"97","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1111/rda.70067","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"AGRICULTURE, DAIRY & ANIMAL SCIENCE","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
This study describes a novel model of farm-based congenital defect recording, with use of accessory data from a national breeding organisation. The study ran from 2014 to 2023 inclusive resulting in 522 reports of bovine congenital defects with additional data available for a subset (369/522). The most commonly reported defect was intestinal atresia (24.3%), followed by multiple defects (19.9%), and tail abnormalities (13.4%). This is the first national survey of bovine congenital defects in Ireland. It shows that while farmer-reported cases generally lack a veterinary clinical or necropsy examination, farmers are in the unique position of being able to report phenotypic abnormalities first-hand, and provide an unbiased perspective of the true typology and epidemiology of congenital defects on farm.
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The journal offers comprehensive information concerning physiology, pathology, and biotechnology of reproduction. Topical results are currently published in original papers, reviews, and short communications with particular attention to investigations on practicable techniques.
Carefully selected reports, e. g. on embryo transfer and associated biotechnologies, gene transfer, and spermatology provide a link between basic research and clinical application. The journal applies to breeders, veterinarians, and biologists, and is also of interest in human medicine. Interdisciplinary cooperation is documented in the proceedings of the joint annual meetings.
Fields of interest: Animal reproduction and biotechnology with special regard to investigations on applied and clinical research.