Pferdeheilkunde-Equine Medicine, Vol. 30, Issue 1, Januar/Februar 2014

Lymphocyte subpopulations in the equine endometrium: a methodical approach with diagnostic implications
Nicole Huth1, Sandra Schöniger1, Harald Sieme2, Claus-Peter Bartmann3, Heinz-Adolf Schoon1
1Institute of Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Leipzig, Germany
2Clinic for Horses – Unit for Reproductive Medicine, University of Veterinary Medicine, Hannover, Germany
3Bad Reichenhall, Germany
4-14

What is new on the physiopathology of endometrosis in the mare?
Maria Rosa Rebordão1,2, Cátia Pereira1, António Galvão1,3, Pedro Pinto Bravo1,2, Anna Szóstek3, Dariusz Jan Skarzynski3 and Graça Ferreira-Dias1
1C.I.I.S.A., Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
2Coimbra College of Agriculture, Coimbra, Portugal
3Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Research of PAS, Olsztyn, Poland
15-18

Transcription of equine chorionic gonadotropin/luteinizing hormone b subunit gene in the endometrium  of non-pregnant mares
Denny Böttcher1, Hilke Gräfe1, Gerolf Zimmermann2, Henry Alexander2, Christin Ellenberger1 and Heinz-Adolf Schoon1
1Institute of Pathology, University of Leipzig, Germany
2Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Division of Human Reproduction and Endocrinology, University of Leipzig, Germany
19-25

Endometrial health and disease in the mare – Comparison of histopathological findings and microbiological results of two different culture methods: uterine swab and endometrial tissue
Sandra Schöniger1, Harald Sieme2, Franziska Mönnig2, Johanna Richter2, Gunilla Martinsson3, Jutta Verspohl4, Heinz-Adolf Schoon1
1Institute of Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Leipzig, Germany
2Clinic for Horses – Unit for Reproductive Medicine, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation, Hannover, Germany
3Celle National State Stud, Celle, Germany
4Institute of Microbiology, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation, Hannover, Germany
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Combined thickness of the uterus and placenta (CTUP) as indicator of placentitis in Thoroughbred mares
Henrique K. Löf1, Joana W. Gregory1, Adriana P. Neves2, Maria I. M. Jobim1, Ricardo M. Gregory1 and Rodrigo C. Mattos1
1REPROLAB, Faculdade de Veterinária, UFRGS, Av. Bento Gonçalves 9090, 91570-000 Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
2Universidade Federal do Pampa, Dom Pedrito, RS, Brazil
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Receptors for luteinizing hormone in different portions of the oviducts in estrus’ mares
Jonas Flores1,2, Ana Maria Telles Esmeraldino3, Rosangela Ferreira Rodrigues2, Luis Augusto Cruz2, Rodrigo Costa Mattos1, Sandra Mara Fiala Rechsteiner 2
1PPGMAE – UFRGS, Porto Alegre (Brazil)
2HISTOREP – Biology Institute, Morphology Department, UFPel – Pelotas (Brazil)
3Veterinary Faculty ULBRA – Canoas (Brazil)
42-44

Gestation lengths of Finnhorse and Standardbred mares in Finland: effects of breeding season and reproductive status
Tiina Reilas1, Anna-Maija Virtala2 and Terttu Katila3
1MTT Agrifood Research Finland, Ypäjä (Finland)
2Department of Basic Veterinary Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki (Finland)
3Department of Production Animal Medicine, University of Helsinki, Saarentaus (Finland)
45-51

Endometritis in old mares
Elisabeth M. Woodward and Mats H. T. Troedsson
The Maxwell H. Gluck Equine Research Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, USA
53-56

Endometritis in mares experimentally infected with three different strains of E. coli 
Giovani C. Camozzato1, Nicolás Cazales 1,2, Eduardo M. Pinheiro1, Caroline A. Wolf 1, Petra Garbade1, Maria I. M. Jobim1, Ricardo M. Gregory1 and Rodrigo C. Mattos1
1REPROLAB, Faculdade de Veterinária, UFRGS, Porto Alegre, Brazil 
2Faculdade de Veterinária, UDELAR/CAPES, Montevideo, Urugua
57-60

Use of Rhea americana egg yolk in substitution to chicken egg yolk in equine semen extenders 
Liana de Salles van der Linden1, Ivan Cunha Bustamante-Filho3, Santiago Duglio Schiavo2, Márcio André P. Maciel 2, Murilo Farias Rodrigues 1, Sergio Ivan dos Santos 2, Rodrigo Costa Mattos and Adriana Pires Neves 1,2
1REPROLAB, Faculdade de Veterinária, UFRGS, Porto Alegre, Brazil 
2Faculdade de Zootecnia, Unipampa, Dom Pedrito, Brazil 
3Centro Universitário UNIVATES, Lajeado, Brazil
61-64

Development of laryngeal and pharyngeal function during long-term treadmill exercise in warmblood sport horses
Ann Kristin Barton1,2* , Henning B. Löbert 1* and Bernhard Ohnesorge1
1Clinic for Horses, University of Veterinary Medicine Hanover, Foundation, Bünteweg 9, 30559 Hanover, Germany 
2Equine Clinic, Free University of Berlin, Oertzenweg 19, 10169 Berlin, Germany * contributed equally to the study
68-80

Unilateral exophthalmos in a horse – Diagnosis, management and outcome 
Astrid Bienert-Zeit 1, Eva Nordemann1, Myriam von Borstel 1, Peter Wohlsein2, Maximilian Iseringhausen2, Maren Hellige1 and Anna Rötting1
1Clinic for horses, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Germany 
2Institut for Pathology, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Germany
81-90

Optimierung der Bewegungskorrektur während der szintigraphischen Untersuchung der Wirbelsäule des stehenden Pferdes
Anja Sporn1, Dagmar Berner 1, Walter Brehm1, Karsten Winter 2, Mahmoud Mageed3, Marco Studt 4 und Kerstin Gerlach1
1Chirurgische Tierklinik der Universität Leipzig 
2Translationszentrum für Regenerative Medizin (TRM) Leipzig 
3Department of Surgery and Anaesthesiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Khartoum, Sudan 
4Medical Imaging Electronics (MIE) Seth
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