dc.contributor.author | Williamson, P | |
dc.contributor.author | Munyua, SJ | |
dc.contributor.author | Penhale, J | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-06-17T06:24:22Z | |
dc.date.available | 2013-06-17T06:24:22Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1989-09 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Theriogenology. 1989 Sep;32(3):351-7. | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hinari-gw.who.int/whalecomwww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/whalecom0/pubmed/16726682 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/34622 | |
dc.description.abstract | Thirty mares with no clinical signs of endometritis were categorized as being susceptible or resistant to uterine infection depending on whether or not they had a history of recurrent endometritis. The same mares were then independently classified as susceptible or resistant on the basis of their uterine biopsies; those with significant endometrial degeneration were considered to be susceptible to endometritis. The mares then received an intrauterine inoculation of pathogenic Streptococcus zooepidemicus . Those mares which eliminated bacteria by 10 d after inoculation were considered truly resistant to endometritis, whereas those still infected at 10 d were considered susceptible. The original classifications based on history or biopsy were compared to the inoculation results. A history of recurrent endometritis provided a more sensitive (0.90) and specific (0.95) indication of susceptibility to uterine infection than a uterine biopsy with significant endometrial degeneration (sensitivity 0.5, specificity 0.75). | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | University of Nairobi. | en |
dc.title | Endometritis in the mare: A comparison between reproductive history and uterine biopsy as techniques for predicting susceptibility of mares to uterine infection | en |
dc.type | Article | en |
local.publisher | Clinical Studies Department, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Nairobi, Kenya. | en |