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Ball BA, Shin SJ, Patten VH, et al. Embryonic loss in pony mares induced by intrauterine infusion of Candida parapsilosis. Theriogenology. 1988;29(4):835-47doi: 10.1016/0093-691x(88)90220-8.
Ball, B. A., Shin, S. J., Patten, V. H., Garcia, M. C., & Woods, G. L. (1988). Embryonic loss in pony mares induced by intrauterine infusion of Candida parapsilosis. Theriogenology, 29(4), 835-47. https://doi.org/10.1016/0093-691x(88)90220-8
Ball, B A, et al. "Embryonic loss in pony mares induced by intrauterine infusion of Candida parapsilosis." Theriogenology vol. 29,4 (1988): 835-47. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/0093-691x(88)90220-8
Ball BA, Shin SJ, Patten VH, Garcia MC, Woods GL. Embryonic loss in pony mares induced by intrauterine infusion of Candida parapsilosis. Theriogenology. 1988 Apr;29(4):835-47. doi: 10.1016/0093-691x(88)90220-8. PMID: 16726404.
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Theriogenology. 1988 Apr;29(4):835-47. doi: 10.1016/0093-691x(88)90220-8.

Embryonic loss in pony mares induced by intrauterine infusion of Candida parapsilosis.

Theriogenology

B A Ball, S J Shin, V H Patten, M C Garcia, G L Woods

Affiliations

  1. Department of Clinical Sciences New York State College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853 USA.

PMID: 16726404 DOI: 10.1016/0093-691x(88)90220-8

Abstract

Pony mares which were detected pregnant by transrectal ultrasonography received a single intrauterine infusion of either sterile saline (control, n = 12 mares) or 10(6)Candida parapsilosis (treated, n = 12 mares) between Days 11 to 14 postovulation. Subsequent embryonic loss was studied by daily ultrasonography of the mare's uterus, by serum progesterone levels, by endometrial swabs for cytologic and microbiologic examination and by endometrial biopsies that were taken after embryonic loss was detected. Significantly fewer (P<0.01) embryonic losses occurred in control than in treated mares (4 12 vs 12 12 ). The mean interval from intrauterine infusion until embryonic loss was 5.8 +/- 2.8 d for control mares (n = 4) and 2.1 +/- 0.2 d for treated mares (n = 12). Prior to embryonic loss, moderate to marked edema of the endometrial folds in 12 of 12 treated mares and free fluid in the uterine lumen of 5 of 12 treated mares were detected by ultrasonography. After embryonic loss, Candida parapsilosis was cultured from the uteri of 8 of 12 treated mares, and E . coli was cultured from the uteri of 2 of 4 control mares. Postloss endometrial smears had cytologic evidence of inflammation in 10 of 12 treated mares and 3 of 4 control mares. Intrauterine inoculation of C. parapsilosis consistently induced embryonic loss and may provide a basis to further study the relationship between endometritis and embryonic loss in mares.

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