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EQUINE CONTAGIOUS METRITIS
Author(s) -
HUGHES K.L.,
BRYDEN J.D.,
MACDONALD F.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
australian veterinary journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.382
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1751-0813
pISSN - 0005-0423
DOI - 10.1111/j.1751-0813.1978.tb00365.x
Subject(s) - library science , sociology , art history , art , computer science
Most CEM cases involve non-clinical mares with mild uterine inflammation. Asymptomatic mares can be infectious and remain carriers for several months. An acute infection can cause active inflammation of the endometrium that results in a mucoid, vulvar discharge 10-14 days post-breeding. Abortions due to CEM are rare. Mares infected during pregnancy can produce subclinical carrier foals. Infected stallions exhibit no clinical signs but can carry the organism on their external genitalia for an extended period of time.