Causes of equine abortion, stillbirth and neonatal death in central Italy.

The article discusses the study on the causes of birth failures in equines, such as abortion, stillbirth and death in central Italy. The study suggests that the aetiology of such case may vary overtime due to the background diversity among at-risk equines. The study performed a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay to examine equine herpes virus type 1 and 4 (EHV-1 and 4). A table which lists the study results, such as Placentitis, Salmonella enteric and Staphylococcus aureus, is presented.