Digby N J
Equine Vet J. 1978 Jul;10(3):167-70. doi: 10.1111/j.2042-3306.1978.tb02248.x.
Experimental studies of endometrial smears from 26 normal mares showed that after a period of sexual rest exceeding 7 days smears were generally free from inflammatory cells. Smears from 9 mares showing signs of persistent endometritis contained inflammatory cells in 91 per cent while bacterial culture was positive in only 45 per cent. Smears were also taken from 242 Thoroughbred mares as a routine procedure in 1977. It was concluded that endometrial cytology provides a better guide to uterine inflammation than bacteriology. The routine clinical use of endometrial cytology is recommended to aid the interpretation of both positive and negative bacterial cultures from the cervix.
对26匹正常母马的子宫内膜涂片进行的实验研究表明，在超过7天的性休止期后，涂片通常没有炎症细胞。9匹表现出持续性子宫内膜炎迹象的母马的涂片中，91%含有炎症细胞，而细菌培养仅有45%呈阳性。1977年，还对242匹纯种母马进行了常规涂片检查。得出的结论是，子宫内膜细胞学比细菌学能更好地指导子宫炎症。建议临床常规使用子宫内膜细胞学，以辅助解读来自子宫颈的细菌培养阳性和阴性结果。
