Subclinical Endometritis in Dairy Cows Some Preliminary Data

Abstract
Uterine inflammatory processes in dairy cows may persist for enduring time periods, triggering a detrimental effect on further reproductive capacity(1, 2).
When endometritis occurs without the presence of clinical signs, it is referred to as ‘Subclinical Endometritis’ (SCE). Subclinical endometritis is defined as an elevated number of polymorphonuclear cells (PMNs) in the stratum compactum of the endometrium, without any clinical symptoms but significantly impairing the reproductive performance of the cow(1, 3-5). In the field, SCE is mainly diagnosed by assessing the proportion of inflammatory cells in endometrial cytology samples, and is therefore often referred to as ‘cytological endometritis’(6). Cytological endometritis can be diagnosed either by cytobrush (CB)(3) or by low volume lavage (LVL)(1). […]