Term
| Taylorella equigenitalis - source |
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Definition
-obligate parasite of equine genital tract
-survives in discharge for a few days
-chronic / subclinical carriage is common
stallions in prepuce, urethral fossa, terminal urethra
mares in clitoral sinuses / fossa |
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Term
| Taylorella equigenitalis - main dz. |
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Definition
| Contagious Equine Metritis (CEM) - results in temporary infertility or early abortion - notifiable |
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Term
| Taylorella equigenitalis - pathogenesis / sequene of events |
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Definition
| stallion --> mare (vagina, cervix, uterus) --> inflam / highly purulent vaginal discharge --> temporary infertility (several weeks) or early abortion in 1st 60 days --> endometrial repair --> big response and inf. overcome or little resp. and become chronic carriers |
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Term
| Taylorella equigenitalis - diagnosis |
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Definition
| -culture from vaginal discharge |
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Term
| Taylorella equigenitalis - treatment |
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Definition
-interuterine and systemic antibiotics
i.e. to site of inf - works v. well |
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Term
| Taylorella equigenitalis - control |
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Definition
-no vaccine!
-daily irrigation of clitoral fossa and prepuse w. 2% chlorhexidine and nitrofurazone ointment (5 days) - then check cultue - 3 times at week intervals
-test stallion on 2 clean mares
-good hygiene is important - handlers and instruments can transmit |
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