Background: While fungal infections of the bovine uterus are well-known diseases in pregnant cattle, very limited knowledge exists on the presence and significance of fungi in the uterus of non-pregnant cows. Presence of fungi in the uterine lumen of postpartum (pp) cows has been reported, but...

The objective of this study was to evaluate the methods of diagnosis and therapy of endometritis in dairy cows. Postpartum dairy cows (n=65) were examined at day 25 and 40 post partum (CD group), whereas clinical cases (n=78) with a history of repeat breeding presented to the clinical outdoor (CC...

The prevalence of endometritis in postpartum dairy cows is high and the condition impairs subsequent reproductive performance once the voluntary waiting period (VWP) has passed. In addition to the direct financial losses, there are also important indirect losses due to infertility and its...

Were evaluated the incidence of cytological endometritis from 29 to 90 days postpartum and its effect on the reproductive performance of Nelore beef cows submitted to a breeding season (BS) for 90 days. A total of 49 cows, with no history of retained placenta, without the presence of a clinic ...

A high level of reproductive efficiency requires each cow to be bred successfully and calve with a calving interval that maximizes the output of milk within the herd. Subclinical endometritis (SCE) has been defined as the presence of an elevated number of polymorphonuclear cells (PMNs) within the ...

This study compares cytobrush and lavage techniques for the assessment of endometrial cytology (EC) in clinically normal postpartum dairy cows. The EC samples were collected from Holstein cows (n=35) during visit 1 (V1) at 20 to 33 d in milk (DIM) and 2 wk later during visit 2 (V2) at 34 to 47 DIM...