A retrospective report of 3475 endometrial biopsies in infertile females is presented. Seventy percent were from cases with primary and 30% with secondary infertility. Biopsies were normalin 70% of cases. The remaining had proliferative endometrium (11.5%), chronic endometritis (12%), endometrial hyperplasia (3%), TB Endometritis (2.6%) and Cervical or Endometrial Polypi (0.9%). The procedure i...

Subclinical endometritis has a major effect on the reproductive performance of dairy cows and also on the success of embryo collection. Thus it is important to minimize the number of false-negative diagnoses. In order to evaluate the question of whether or not a single cytobrush sample is representative of the whole endometrium, 53 German Holstein embryo donor cows in the northwest of Germany w...

The deposition of semen, bacteria and debris in the uterus of the mare after breeding normally induces a self-limiting endometritis. The resultant fluid and inflammatory products are cleared by 48 hours post cover. Mares that are susceptible to persistent post-breeding endometritis (PPBEM) have impaired uterine defence and clearance mechanisms, making them unable to resolve this inflammation wi...

Xanthogranulomatous inflammation is a distinguished histopathological entity affecting several organs, predominantly the kidney and gallbladder. So far, only a small number of cases of xanthogranulomatous inflammation occurring in female genital tract have been described, most frequently affecting the endometrium and histologically characterized by replacement of endometrium by xanthogranulomat...

Diagnosis of latent endometritis and predicting the effect inflammatory process on course pregnancy its outcome is a necessary measure when conducting clinical examination animals. Lack diagnostic criteria, including microbiological one, cause difficulties for veterinarians in assessing endometritis. Often, animals suffering from inflammation reproductive tract are infertile cannot be treated. ...