Bryans J T, Hendricks J B
J Reprod Fertil Suppl. 1979(27):343-9.
Contagious equine metritis, introduced by importation of 2 comtaminated stallions from France, affected 54 Thoroughbred brood mares during the 1978 breeding season in Kentucky. The infection was diagnosed bacteriologically and by the use of a complement fixation test. Although lateral spread to stallions, and probably to a few mares, occurred through human agency in the breeding sheds of 2 stud farms, control measures instituted early in the epidemic confined the disease to brood mares bred by stallion on only these farms.
1978年肯塔基州繁殖季节期间，由从法国引进的2匹受污染种马引发的马传染性子宫炎，感染了54匹纯种母马。通过细菌学检测和补体结合试验确诊了该感染。尽管在2个种马场的繁殖棚内，通过人为传播，感染横向传播到了种马，可能还传播到了少数母马，但疫情初期采取的控制措施将疾病局限于仅由这些种马场的种马配种的母马。
