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| Title: | Presence of bacteria on the external genitalia of healthy stallions and its transmission to the mare at the time of breeding by live cover (2014) |
| Authors: | K.L. Cerny ; T.V. Little ; C.F. Scoggin ; R.J. Coleman ; M.H.T. Troedsson ; E.L. Squires |
| Material Type: | Article : printed text |
| In : | JOURNAL OF EQUINE VETERINARY SCIENCE (vol.34(3), 2014-03-01) |
| Article on page: | p.369-374 |
| Languages: | English |
| Descriptors: |
Equivoc Appareil Reproducteur ; Bactérie ; Stallion ; Utérus |
| Abstract: | The current field study used thoroughbred stallions and mares from central Kentucky to investigate the occurence of potentially pathogenic bacteria on the stallion's external genitalia, based on cultures, and investigated the occurence of bacteria and type of isolate in the mare's uterus after breeding by live cover to stallions with or without positive bacterial cultures. Fifteen thoroughbred stallions and 206 mares from two central Kentucky thoroughbred farms were usaed during the 2010 and 2011 breeding seasons. Samples for bacteriological evalation were taken from the prepuce and postejaculate urethra (n=201) of stallions. Uterine swabs (n=264) were collected 12-18 hours postbreeding. For statistical analyses, a chi-squared test was used to test the relationship between stallion culture resultats and postbreeding uterine culture results, as well as the effect of bacterial types founds on the stallion cultures with bacterial types found on the postbreeding uterine cultures. Of stallion cultures, 22.4% were positive for potentially pathogenic bacteric, with Streptococcus equi subspecies zooepidemicus (51.1%) being the most common isolate. Uterine cultures resulted in a 29.2% positive rate for potentially pathogenic bacteria, with S. equi subsp. zooepidemicus (90.9%) being the most common. There was no difference (P<.05) in the occurence of bacteria or type of isolate found on uterine cultures after breeding stallions with or without positive cultures. In conclusion, potentially pathogenic bacteria found on the stallion's external geniatlia did not affect the occurence and type of bacteria isolate found in the mare's uterus after breeding by live cover. |
| Cote du document numérique : | 16574 |
| Classement cheval : | F06 |
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