Bovine infertility is a major cause of trouble and loss to farmers in Britain and other lands. Under this term come a number of conditions leading to failure to breed, thereby shortening the working life of the average dairy cow. They comprise physiological derangements of different kinds as well as infection by bacteria and other organisms, and such factors as heredity, management and nutrition may all contribute to producing a problem.
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