Diagnosis of Endometritis in the Mare Based on Bacteriological and Cytological Examinations of the Endometrium: Comparison of Results Obtained by Swabs and Biopsies

Jesper Møller Nielsen, Mats H. Troedsson, Morten Rønn Pedersen, Anders Miki Bojesen, Henrik Lehn-Jensen, Walter W. Zent

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Abstract

The objective of this study was to compare results from endometrial cytological and bacteriological examinations obtained by two different laboratories. One laboratory used endometrial swabs and the other endometrial biopsies for the examinations. A higher proportion of sterile, cytology positive cases were found in the laboratory using swabs (148/401 [37%] vs 12/237 [5%], P < .0001). In both laboratories it was found that positive cytology was less likely to occur when Escherichia coli was isolated than if other species were isolated. This tendency was significant in both laboratories (P < .05 vs P < .0001).

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)27-30
Number of pages4
JournalJournal of Equine Veterinary Science
Volume30
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 2010

Keywords

  • Bacteriology
  • Biopsy
  • Cytology
  • E. coli
  • Endometritis
  • Swab

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Equine

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