Diagnostic and Treatment Practices of Equine Endometritis-A Questionnaire.

ABSTRACT: Endometritis is a major cause for impaired fertility in mares. The objectives of this study were to collect information on diagnostic and treatment practices performed by veterinarians and to investigate possible effects of professional experience, caseload, and geographical location on the practitioners' management of endometritis cases. For this purpose, equine practitioners (n = 680) were asked to fill out an online survey (34 questions). The online survey yielded 117 responses by veterinarians practicing in all parts of Germany. Most respondents came from Lower Saxony and managed <20 mares per year. For the diagnosis of chronic infectious endometritis, uterine sampling for microbiological examination was performed manually with a swab by the majority of practitioners whereas onl

SUBMITTER: Kohne M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7492380 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature