Endometritis, a common cause of infertility in mares
Varadin, M.
Journal of Reproduction and Fertility. Supplement 1975(23): 353-356
1975
ISSN/ISBN: 0449-3087 PMID: 1060806 Document Number: 85331
Infertility, resulting from failure to conceive during the preceding breeding seasons, was caused by various forms of endometritis in forty-four mares of Highland and Arabian breeds in Yugoslavia. Chronic mucopurulent and latent catarrhal endometritis occurred most frequently. Douching of the uterus on alternate days for 9 days with warm and cold sterile salt solutions (ranging from 7% to 1% w/v) in the early autumn resulted in conception in 47.7% of mares at an average of 15.2 days after the onset of treatment, and another 36.7% becoming pregnant in the following spring. Mating at the wrong stage of the oestrous cycle and too frequent mating during oestrus were judged to be the most common causes of endometritis in the mares examined.