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Equine mammary gland disease with a focus on botryomycosis: A review and case study
Author(s) -
Smiet E.,
Grinwis G. C. M.,
van den Top J. G. B.,
Sloet van OldruitenborghOosterbaan M. M.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
equine veterinary education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.304
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 2042-3292
pISSN - 0957-7734
DOI - 10.1111/j.2042-3292.2011.00352.x
Subject(s) - medicine , udder , mastitis , mammary gland , histopathology , staphylococcus aureus , pathology , horse , lactation , pregnancy , bacteria , biology , paleontology , cancer , breast cancer , genetics
Summary Mammary gland problems occur incidentally in horses and one of the rarer conditions is botryomycosis (bacterial pseudomycosis, bacterial granuloma, staphylococcal pseudomycetoma). This article includes a short review of equine mammary gland problems inappropriate lactation, mastitis and neoplasia and botryomycosis, and additionally 2 clinical cases of botryomycosis of the udder resulting from Staphyloccocus aureus infection will be discussed. Both cases involved nonpregnant, nonlactating mares referred for chronic mammary inflammation with draining abcessation. In both mares, botryomycosis caused by S. aureus was confirmed by histopathology and a bacterial culture. Both mares recovered fully after surgical hemimastectomy under general anaesthesia.