Mycotic endometritis in mares. Review and clinical observations

Authors: Blue MG
Publication: New Zealand Veterinary Journal, Volume 35, Issue 11, pp 181-183, Nov 1987
Publisher: Taylor and Francis

Animal type: Horse, Livestock
Subject Terms: Fungal/yeast, Disease/defect, Infectious disease, Bacterial, Reproduction, Reproduction - female, Respiratory system
Article class: Scientific Article

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Abstract: Introduction: Mycotic infections of the nonpregnant equine uterus have become more frequent with the widespread use of antibiotics and the increasingly intensive management and manipulation of reproduction in mares. Although fungi and yeasts have often been blamed for uterine infection, their precise relations to clinical uterine disease are often unclear. These organisms are common in the environment and their recovery in routine culture swabs from mares` uteri may be considerably more frequent than their involvement in the aetiology of uterine disease. Amongst the many species of fungi and yeasts recovered from uterine swabs, the most common isolates have been Candida sp., particularly C. albicans, and Aspergillus fumigatus, but many other yeasts and fungi have been reported…

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