Meanings
- not comparablemedicineInducing abortion or miscarriage.
Abortion panels were conducted to identify fetal/neonatal losses due to other abortifactive agents.
2022, Myra T. Blanchard, Mike B. Teglas, Mark L. Anderson, Peter F. Moore, Bret R. McNabb, Kassidy M. Collins, Bret V. Yeargan, Jeffrey L. Stott, “Protection of Cattle against Epizootic Bovine Abortion (EBA) Using a Live Pajaroellobacter abortibovis Vaccine”, in Vaccines (Basel), volume 10, number 2, page 3354 more examples
[…] abortifactive agents such as Brucella abortus and Tritrichomonas foetus are not present in the Swedish bovine population […]
2003, Susanne Stenlund, Hans Kindahl, Arvid Uggla, Camilla Björkman, “A Long-Term Study of Neospora caninum Infection in a Swedish Dairy Herd”, in Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica, volume 44, number 2, pages 63-71Complete necropsies, abortion panels to rule out other abortifactive agents, serum Ig levels, and aoEBA-specific immunohistochemistry (IHC) were performed on each fetus to confirm EBA diagnosis.
2011, Roxann S. Brooks, Myra T. Blanchard, Mark L. Anderson, Mark R. Hall, Jeffery L. Stott, “Quantitative duplex TaqMan real-time polymerase chain reaction for the assessment of the etiologic agent of epizootic bovine abortion”, in Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation, volume 23, number 6, pages 1153-1159[…] a high degree of seropositivity to N. caninum was diagnosed after evaluating for various abortifactive agents.
2015, Priya Bapodra, Barbara A Wolfe, “Investigation of Neospora caninum seroprevalence and potential impact on reproductive success in semi-freeranging Père David’s deer (Elaphurus davidianus)”, in Veterinary Record Open, volume 2, number 1REMINDER: Steroids may be abortifactive for gravid females; be willing to live by the consequences. Use only in life threatening circumstances for pregnant females.
2024, “Chemical Immobilization, Capture and Handling:”, in Yellowstone Grizzly Project, archived from the original on 26 Aug 2024Synonyms: abortifacient
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveInducing abortion or miscarriage.
Origin
Parallel in formation with abortifacient (which see).
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