Publications by authors named "Lisa Hofbauer"
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- Bacterial endometritis is a significant issue in horse reproduction, primarily treated with antibiotics, but success rates of treatment had not been well-documented until this study analyzed data from mares diagnosed with uterine bacterial growth in Germany.
- The study collected information from 772 cases across five veterinary practices, looking at various factors related to diagnosis, therapy, and pregnancy outcomes, and found that treatments mainly included systemic antibiotics, with β-hemolytic streptococci being the most commonly detected bacteria.
- The overall pregnancy rate after the first treatment cycle was 47% and increased to 69% by season's end; factors influencing treatment success included the duration of antibiotic therapy, the specific veterinary practice involved, and the presence of clinical
Bacterial endometritis is one of the major problems in equine reproduction and usually treated with antimicrobial drugs. The study aimed to compare the effects of intrauterine ozone application and systemic antibiotic treatment (trimethoprim-sulfadimethoxine) on intrauterine bacterial growth and possible side effects on the endometrium in a clinical setting. Mares ( = 30) with signs of endometritis (positive uterine bacterial culture and cytological findings) were assigned randomly to different treatments: intrauterine insufflation of an ozone-air-mix (240 ml, 80 μg ozone/ml) twice at a 48 h-interval (Ozone; = 10), systemic antibiotic therapy with trimethoprim-sulfadimethoxine (30 mg/kg, p.
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