New insights into the innate immune defences of the equine endometrium: in situ and in vitro expression pattern of beta-defensin
Sandra Schöniger, Denny Böttcher, Tobias Theuß, Hilke Gräfe and Heinz-Adolf Schoon
Institute of Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Leipzig University, Leipzig, German
4-14
Periglandular inflammatory cells in the endometrium of the mare-A physiological defence mechanism which impacts on the development of endometrosis?
Kristin Klose and Heinz-Adolf Schoon
Institute of Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Leipzig, Germany
15-23
Post-breeding inflammation in mares after insemination with large and low doses of fresh or frozen semen
Juan C. Samper1,2, Mike S. Stanford2, Hillary M. French1 and Aspinas Chapwanya1
1Ross University, School of Veterinary Medicine, St. Kitts, West Indies
2JCS Veterinary Reproductive Services Ltd. Langley BC, Canada
24-26
Influence of mare, stallion, dose and interval on post-insemination uterine neutrophil counts
John R. Newcombe and Gary M. Kelly
Equine Fertility Clinic, Warren House Veterinary Centre, Brownhills, UK
26-28
Transabdominal ultrasonographic determination of fetal gender in the horse during mid-gestation – a comparative study using randomized video images to investigate variation in diagnostic performance among raters, and the effect of month of gestation
Anna Tönissen1,2, Gunilla Martinsson2, Sebastian Pricking1,2, Henning Otzen1, Franziska Ertmer1, Janina Rau1, Jutta Sielhorst1, KarlRohn3 and Harald Sieme1
1Clinic for Horses – Unit for Reproductive Medicine, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Hannover, Germany
2National Stud Lower Saxony, Celle, Germany 3 Institute of Biometry, Epidemiology, and Information Processing, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Hannover, Germany
29-35
Dual effect of hormones on mare reproductive physiology and dysfunction
Maria R. Rebordão1,2, Ana Amaral 1, António Galvão1,3, Anna Z. Szótek3, Pedro Pinto-Bravo2, Dariusz S., Skarzynski 3 and Graça Ferreira-Dias1
1CIISA, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
2Coimbra College of Agriculture, Coimbra, Portugal
3Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Research, PAS, Olsztyn, Polan
36-38
Update on endometritis therapy
Terttu Katila
University of Helsinki, Department of Production Animal Medicine
39-45
Equine endometritis and biofilm forming Escherichia coli
David P. Beehan, Dale Paccamonti and Sarah K. Lyle
Department Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
46-48
Equine placentitis
Mats H. T. Troedsson1,2 and Lynda M. J. Miller2
1Maxwell H. Gluck Equine Research Laboratory, Department of Veterinary Science, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA
2Al Shaqab, Qatar Foundation, Education City, Doha, Qatar
49-53
The role of PGE2 and PGF2a in follicle wall rupture and their implications in the development and treatment of luteinized unruptured follicles
Juan Cuervo-Arango and Rebeca Martínez-Boví
Departamento de Medicina y Cirugía Animal, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad CEU Cardenal Herrera, Alfara del Patriarca, Spain
54-56