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Endometrosis is a chronic degenerative syndrome of the lining of the uterus (the endometrium) in mares.[1] There are no explicit symptoms and the cause is also unknown, but the severity of endometrosis increases in parallel with the age and number of pregnancies of the mare.[2] Endometrosis is confirmed by histological examination of an endometrial biopsy, which shows degeneration of blood vessels in the endometrium, and fibrosis of the tissue, along with the development of endometrial cysts.[2] The most common classification for endometrosis in mares was published by KENNY u. DOIG (1986) and modified by SCHOON et al. (1992).[3] The different degrees of endometriosis are divided into stage I, IIA, IIB and III.[3] These changes cause subfertility;[1] in pregnant mares, the changes in the endometrium can cause the placenta to fail, leading to miscarriage of the foal.[2] Foals which are delivered at full term may be underdeveloped (dysmature).[4] No effective treatment is known.[4] Since the causes of endometrosis are unsettled there is not known much about how to prevent it.[5]
The etymology of endometrosis is from the Greek endos (inside), metra (womb) and -osis (disease).[1] This term was adopted in 1992;[6] prior to that, endometrosis was variously known as chronic degenerative endometritis, endometrial fibrosis, or chronic endometrial disease.[6] [7]
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- ^ a b Sieme, Prof Dr Harald; Lehmann, Julia (2010-11-23). "Morphologisch-funktionelle Untersuchungen zur prognostischen Bewertung der equinen Endometrose".
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- ^ Doig, P. A.; McKnight, J. D.; Miller, R. B. (March 1981). "The Use of Endometrial Biopsy in the Infertile Mare". The Canadian Veterinary Journal. 22 (3): 72–76. ISSN 0008-5286. PMC 1789874. PMID 7026016.
- ^ a b Flores, JM; Rodríguez, A; Sánchez, J; Gómez-Cuétara, C; Ramiro, F (April 1995). "Endometrosis in Mares: Incidence of Histopathological Alterations". Reproduction in Domestic Animals. 30 (2): 61–65. doi:10.1111/j.1439-0531.1995.tb00606.x.
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