Old MacDonald is a rancher and operates a beef feeding lot. To improve the quality of the calfs, he bought a raging bull for the purpose of husbandry. On the spring and during the calfing season, he was surprised that some of the cows suffered of early embryonic death followed by temporary infertility. What is the causative agent of such outbreak?

A. campylobacter fetus subsp. fetus
B. bacillus anthracis
C. campylobacter bovis
D. erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae
E. campylobacter fetus subsp. veneralis


Ans: E. campylobacter fetus subsp. veneralis

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