Abomasitis in Cattle: Keys to Facing an Invisible Threat in Breeding

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In intensive bovine breeding systems, any physiological disruption affects productive efficiency. Few entities are as severe and subdiagnosed as abomasitis in nursing calves. Although rare in adults, in young animals fed with milk or milk substitutes it can manifest itself as an acute and fulminating syndrome, linked to high rates of neonatal mortality, delay in ruminal maturation and indirect economic losses difficult to quantify. Abomasal alte…