Year: 2024
Type: article
Study design: Case Report
Abstract: Summary This case describes a mare with fungal placentitis of a novel aetiology with megaallantoic and megaamniotic vesicles in a late gestation pregnancy and subsequent fetal death. Management of the case revealed decreased fetal movement apparently due to the vesicles' large size. Pathological investigation of the fetal membranes and fetus showed severe fungal placentitis by Curvularia and Bipolaris spp., both saprophytic fungi never previously described in literature as aetiologic agents of placentitis in mares. Full consequence of the vesicles' relation to the placentitis and involvement in fetal death have yet to be determined or completely understood.
Source: Equine Veterinary Education
DOI: 10.1111/eve.14061
Authors: A. Wittorff, K. Carr, S. Narayanan, A. G. Cino‐Ozuna, T. A. Snider, D. Kelley, G. R. Holyoak
Institution: Oklahoma State University
Language: English
Subfield: Agronomy and Crop Science
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W4403493425