Bovine infectious abortion: a systematic review and meta-analysis

The aim of the present systematic review and meta-analysis was to identify the main infectious agents related to bovine abortion worldwide in the period between 2000 and 2022. First, we investigated the global prevalence of infectious agents related to bovine abortion. For this analysis, only 27 art...

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Main Authors: Hecker, Yanina, González Ortega, Sara, Cano, Santiago, Ortega Mora, Luis Miguel
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https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fvets.2023.1249410/full
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description The aim of the present systematic review and meta-analysis was to identify the main infectious agents related to bovine abortion worldwide in the period between 2000 and 2022. First, we investigated the global prevalence of infectious agents related to bovine abortion. For this analysis, only 27 articles detected of a wide panel of agents were included. The random effects model revealed that the estimated prevalence of the abortifacient agents in bovine abortion was 45.7%. The heterogeneity among studies was high, but Egger’s test showed that there was no publication bias, even though the total number of samples analyzed in these articles was variable. There was no significant effect of the year of the study publication on the estimated prevalence, although an increasing trend was observed over time, possibly due to the implementation of new diagnostic techniques. Then, we analyzed the prevalence of the main transmissible agents in bovine abortion. For this analysis, 76 studies that analyzed 19,070 cases were included. Some infectious agent was detected in 7,319 specimens, and a final diagnosis was reached in 3,977 of these, when both the infectious agent and compatible histopathological changes were detected. We found that Neospora caninum was the most detected agent (22.2%), followed by opportunistic bacteria (21.4%), Chlamydiaceae family (10.9%) and Coxiella burnetii (9.5%). Regarding viral agents, bovine herpes virus type 1 and bovine viral diarrhea displayed similar prevalence rates (approximately 5%). After considering the description of specific histopathological changes, our analyzes showed that N. caninum was a confirmed cause of abortion in 16.7% of the analyzed cases, followed by opportunistic bacteria (12.6%) and Chlamydia spp. (6.8%); however, C. burnetii was only confirmed as a cause of abortion in 1.1% of the cases. For all agents, the heterogeneity among studies was high, and the subgroup analyzes discarded the diagnostic method as the cause of such heterogeneity. This study provides knowledge about the global prevalence of the different infectious agents related to bovine abortion, the most coming of which is N. caninum. In addition, this review reveals the existing deficiencies in the diagnosis of bovine abortion that must be addressed in the future.
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spelling INTA178802024-05-24T12:37:48Z Bovine infectious abortion: a systematic review and meta-analysis Hecker, Yanina González Ortega, Sara Cano, Santiago Ortega Mora, Luis Miguel Bovinae Aborto Agentes Infecciosos Diagnóstico Abortion Infective Agents Diagnosis Cattle Ganado Bovino The aim of the present systematic review and meta-analysis was to identify the main infectious agents related to bovine abortion worldwide in the period between 2000 and 2022. First, we investigated the global prevalence of infectious agents related to bovine abortion. For this analysis, only 27 articles detected of a wide panel of agents were included. The random effects model revealed that the estimated prevalence of the abortifacient agents in bovine abortion was 45.7%. The heterogeneity among studies was high, but Egger’s test showed that there was no publication bias, even though the total number of samples analyzed in these articles was variable. There was no significant effect of the year of the study publication on the estimated prevalence, although an increasing trend was observed over time, possibly due to the implementation of new diagnostic techniques. Then, we analyzed the prevalence of the main transmissible agents in bovine abortion. For this analysis, 76 studies that analyzed 19,070 cases were included. Some infectious agent was detected in 7,319 specimens, and a final diagnosis was reached in 3,977 of these, when both the infectious agent and compatible histopathological changes were detected. We found that Neospora caninum was the most detected agent (22.2%), followed by opportunistic bacteria (21.4%), Chlamydiaceae family (10.9%) and Coxiella burnetii (9.5%). Regarding viral agents, bovine herpes virus type 1 and bovine viral diarrhea displayed similar prevalence rates (approximately 5%). After considering the description of specific histopathological changes, our analyzes showed that N. caninum was a confirmed cause of abortion in 16.7% of the analyzed cases, followed by opportunistic bacteria (12.6%) and Chlamydia spp. (6.8%); however, C. burnetii was only confirmed as a cause of abortion in 1.1% of the cases. For all agents, the heterogeneity among studies was high, and the subgroup analyzes discarded the diagnostic method as the cause of such heterogeneity. This study provides knowledge about the global prevalence of the different infectious agents related to bovine abortion, the most coming of which is N. caninum. In addition, this review reveals the existing deficiencies in the diagnosis of bovine abortion that must be addressed in the future. EEA Balcarce Fil: Hecker, Yanina Paola. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Balcarce. Instituto de Innovación para la Producción Agropecuaria y el Desarrollo Sostenible; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Innovación para la Producción Agropecuaria y el Desarrollo Sostenible; Argentina Fil: Hecker, Yanina Paola. Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Facultad de Veterinaria; España Fil: González Ortega, Sara. Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Facultad de Veterinaria; España Fil: Cano, Santiago. Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Centro de Apoyo a la Investigación; España Fil: Ortega Mora, Luis Miguel. Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Facultad de Veterinaria; España 2024-05-24T12:27:46Z 2024-05-24T12:27:46Z 2023-09 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/17880 https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fvets.2023.1249410/full 2297-1769 https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2023.1249410 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) application/pdf Frontiers Media Frontiers in Veterinary Science 10 : 1-17 (29 September 2023)
spellingShingle Bovinae
Aborto
Agentes Infecciosos
Diagnóstico
Abortion
Infective Agents
Diagnosis
Cattle
Ganado Bovino
Hecker, Yanina
González Ortega, Sara
Cano, Santiago
Ortega Mora, Luis Miguel
Bovine infectious abortion: a systematic review and meta-analysis
title Bovine infectious abortion: a systematic review and meta-analysis
title_full Bovine infectious abortion: a systematic review and meta-analysis
title_fullStr Bovine infectious abortion: a systematic review and meta-analysis
title_full_unstemmed Bovine infectious abortion: a systematic review and meta-analysis
title_short Bovine infectious abortion: a systematic review and meta-analysis
title_sort bovine infectious abortion a systematic review and meta analysis
topic Bovinae
Aborto
Agentes Infecciosos
Diagnóstico
Abortion
Infective Agents
Diagnosis
Cattle
Ganado Bovino
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/17880
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https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2023.1249410
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