Treating Fungal Infections in Mares (AAEP 2012)

Prompt diagnosis and treatment of fungal uterine infections are necessary for a positive outcome.
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Fungal infections of the uterus, due to either yeast or mold, are less common than bacterial infections, but it’s important to consider them because untreated infections can lead to fertility problems. In such cases prompt diagnosis and treatment are necessary for a positive outcome. A veterinarian from The Ohio State University recently described approaches to detecting and eliminating fungal infections at the 2012 American Association of Equine Practitioners’ Convention, held Dec. 1-5 in Anaheim, Calif.

"There is an array of fungal organisms that can infect a mare’s uterus, but only a limited number of laboratories that routinely perform antifungal susceptibility testing," explained Marco Coutinho da Silva, DVM, PhD, Dipl. ACT, of the university’s College of Veterinary Medicine.

Familiarity with the most common fungi infecting the mare reproductive tract and their respective drug susceptibilities will likely help veterinarians recognize fungal endometritis more readily and improve treatment efficacy.

Coutinho da Silva added, "This is particularly important when practitioners need to start empiric treatment (initiation prior to reaching a firm diagnosis) before culture results are complete

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Stacey Oke, MSc, DVM, is a practicing veterinarian and freelance medical writer and editor. She is interested in both large and small animals, as well as complementary and alternative medicine. Since 2005, she’s worked as a research consultant for nutritional supplement companies, assisted physicians and veterinarians in publishing research articles and textbooks, and written for a number of educational magazines and websites.

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