uterine infection is one of the reproductive diseases that can have disturbing postpartumuterine health in cattle. therefore, identification of resistant genotypes to uterine infection isimportant. lactoferrin (lf) is one of the major antimicrobial compounds in the normal uterinedischarges of cows. we hypothesized that allelic diversity in lf gene may contribute tosusceptibility or resistance t...

Postpartum uterine diseases are important for both animal welfare and economic reasons, contributing to cow discomfort, elimination from the herd, and impaired reproductive performance. Although presence of Escherichia coli and Truperella pyogenes has been more commonly associated with uterine inflammation and impaired reproductive performance (Studer and Morrow, 1978; Bonnett and Martin, 1995;...

A total hysterectomy is the most common type of gynecologic surgery and may be performed to treat many diseases that affect the uterus including: abnormal uterine bleeding, uterine fibroids, endometriosis and chronic pelvic pain, anatomic uterine defects, uterine prolapse and cancer (Reich, 2003). Based on German studies from 2005 and 2006 (overall 305 015 hysterectomies performed during the st...

A uterocutaneous fistula is a rare clinical presentation that occurs following Cesarean section and other pelvic operations. There are only a few reports discussing the treatments. We describe a patient with successful surgical management and review the literature. A 25-year-old woman referred to our department 13 months after her first Cesarean section. She had a history of an abdominal mass a...

Postpartum uterine bleeding is not uncommon and is caused by a variety of obstetrical and gynecological disorders, such as retained placenta, dysfunctional bleeding, and endometrial polyps. Placental polyps and uterine arteriovenous malformation are disorders often encountered in cases of abnormal uterine bleeding in the late puerperal period. These patients may experience life-threatening blee...

Uterine diseases in dairy cows can be classified as puerperal metritis, clinical metritis, clinical endometritis, and subclinical endometritis. These diseases are highly prevalent (affect between 20 and 30% of dairy cows) in high producing dairy cows and have been associated with decreased pregnancy per artificial insemination (AI), extended interval to pregnancy, increased culling, and economi...