Author/Authors :
Doğruer, Gökhan Mustafa Kemal Üniversitesi - Veteriner Fakültesi - Dogum ve Jinekoloji AD, Turkey , Güler, Mehmet Selçuk Üniversitesi - Veteriner Fakültesi - Dogum ve Jinekoloji AD, Turkey
Title Of Article :
The comparison of clinical examination, endometrial cytology, biopsy and microbiology examination results in the diagnosis of endometritis in cows
Abstract :
In this research the accuracy of endometrial cytology in the diagnosis of endometritis in cattle was investigated by the comparison of the techniques routinely used. For this purpose, 13 cattle having acute endometritis, 17 having chronic endometritis and 10 healthy holstein cow was used. The cows in this research recieved clinical, micobiological, histopathological and cytological examinations. Eight of 13 cattle in acute endometritis group had no abnormal vaginal discharge but abnormal vaginal discharge was observed on 5 of the acute endometritis cases. No abnormal vaginal discharge was determined in both healthy and chronic endometritis group. There was no difference on the rectal palpation results of all the three groups. A.pyogenes, E. coli, Streptococcus spp., Staphylococcus spp., K. Pneumonia and yeast were isolated in 10 of the acute and 8 of the chronic group cattle. In a total of 12 cases in both acute and chronic groups, there was no bacterial growth. In the acute endometritis group degeneration, desquamation and neutrophyl leucocyte infiltration, edema and haemorrhage was seen in the lamina epithelialis, in the lamina propria and desquamated epithelia of the glandular tissue and neutrophyl leucocyte infiltration in the lumen of the glands and neutrophl leucocyte infiltration in the uterine lumen was observed. In the chronic cases; mononucleer cell infilration, increase of connective tissue was observed. In cytological examinations, neutophyls were predominant cell in the smears. In the chronic endometritis cases the most common cells seen in the smears were lymphocytes. The ratio of epitelial cells/leucocytes was determined as 2.7/1 in acute cases, 2.9/1 in chronic cases and 15/1 in healthy cases. As a result the endometrial cytology was found to a useful technique in the diagnosis of endometritis in cattle.
