Female Flashcards
3 seals of external genitalia
outer lips
vestibulovaginal
cervix
how to know if vestibular seal is incompetent?
will hear air sucking when pull lips apart
clitoral swab (for natural service) looks for
CEM
Klebsiella
Pseudomonas
where do you want to swab for clitoral swab
clitoral fossa and sinuses
dx methods for uterus
endometrial swab
endometrial biopsy
endoscopic exam
small ovaries may fail to show estrus signs. causes?
winter
hypoplasia
atrophied
enlarged ovaries can also lead to failure of estrus signs. causes?
neoplasia (GCT)
Anovulatory Haemorrhagic Follicle
Haematoma
Granulosa Cell Tumors appearance
irregular and multiloculated
contralateral ovary very small
Granulosa Cell Tumors signs
stallion-like behavior
Granulosa Cell Tumors dx
AMH
what can cause persistent estus
spring/autumn period
Granulosa Cell Tumors
What is endometrosis
degeneration of uterus
(predisposes to endometritis)
pathological appearance of endometrosis
periglandular fibrosis
Lymphatic lacunae (unfilled space)
do horses get uterine cysts
yes, but not ovarian cysts
what might lead to endometritis
venereal dx (CEM)
Chronic Uterine Infection
Persistent Mating Induced Endometritis