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Lower lamb survival has been reported for primiparous ewes, but the causes of this are not well studied. The aim of this study was to determine causes of perinatal deaths for lambs born to primiparous ewes in Western Australia, and identify if infectious diseases are implicated. Lamb mortality from birth to marking were determined for 11 primiparous ewe flocks on 10 farms in Western Australia. Lamb mortality from birth to marking averaged 14% for single-born and 26% for multiple-born lambs. Lamb necropsies (\n                    <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u2009=\u2009298) identified starvation\u2013mismosthering\u2013exposure (34%), dystocia (24%) and stillbirth (15%) as the most common causes of perinatal lamb death. There was no evidence of exotic abortigenic pathogens in aborted and stillborn lambs (\n                    <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u2009=\u200935).\n                    <jats:italic>Chlamydia pecorum<\/jats:italic>\n                    was detected by qPCR in 15\/35 aborted and stillborn lambs on 5\/6 farms. Preliminary molecular characterisation of\n                    <jats:italic>C. pecorum<\/jats:italic>\n                    detected in samples from aborted and stillborn lambs (\n                    <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u2009=\u20098) using both Multilocus Sequence Typing and\n                    <jats:italic>omp<\/jats:italic>\n                    A genotyping indicated all strains were genetically identical to previously described pathogenic livestock strains, denoted ST23, and dissimilar to gastrointestinal strains. High frequency of detection of a pathogenic\n                    <jats:italic>C. pecorum<\/jats:italic>\n                    strains ST23 associated with ovine abortion and stillbirth on multiple farms located across a wide geographic area has not been previously reported.\n                    <jats:italic>Chlamydia pecorum<\/jats:italic>\n                    may contribute to reproductive wastage for primiparous sheep in Western Australia. Further investigation to understand\n                    <jats:italic>C. pecorum<\/jats:italic>\n                    epidemiology and impact on sheep reproduction is warranted.\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1186\/s13567-021-00950-w","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,6,11]],"date-time":"2021-06-11T10:02:59Z","timestamp":1623405779000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":25,"title":["Chlamydia pecorum detection in aborted and stillborn lambs from Western Australia"],"prefix":"10.1186","volume":"52","author":[{"given":"Tom","family":"Clune","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Shane","family":"Besier","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Sam","family":"Hair","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Serina","family":"Hancock","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Amy","family":"Lockwood","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Andrew","family":"Thompson","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Martina","family":"Jelocnik","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9427-1941","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Caroline","family":"Jacobson","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,6,11]]},"reference":[{"key":"950_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"656","DOI":"10.1071\/AN13236","volume":"54","author":"GN Hinch","year":"2014","unstructured":"Hinch GN, Brien F (2014) Lamb survival in Australian flocks: a review. 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