Taylorella equigenitalis causes contagious equine metritis (CEM), which is an inflammatory disease of the proximal and distal reproductive tract of the mare and usually results in temporary infertility. OIE has listed CEM as a notifiable disease. Clinical signs include endometritis, cervicitis and vaginitis of variable severity and a slight to copious mucopurulent vaginal discharge. Direct venereal contact during natural mating presents the highest risk for the transmission of T. equigenitalis from a contaminated stallion or an infected mare. Direct venereal transmission can also take place by artificial insemination using infective raw, chilled and possibly frozen semen. Indirectly, infection may be acquired through fomite transmission, manual contamination, inadequate observance of appropriate biosecurity measures at the time of breeding and at semen collection centres. Stallions can become asymptomatic carriers of T. equigenitalis. The principal sites of colonisation by the bacterium are the urogenital membranes (urethral fossa, urethral sinus, terminal urethra and penile sheath). The sites of persistence of T. equigenitalis in the majority of carrier mares are the clitoral sinuses and fossa and infrequently the uterus. Foals born of carrier mares may also become carriers. The organism can infect equid species other than horses, e.g. donkeys.
Taylorella asinigenitalis is a microaerophilic, non-motile, coccobacillus, Gram-negative bacterium: It is closely related to Taylorella equigenitalis and mainly found in donkeys. It does not cause apparent disease in mares.
Pathogens Tested
This assay can detect and differentiate between Taylorella equigenitalis and Taylorella asinigenitalis.
Method
Real-Time PCR
Sample Type
Accredited:
Culture.
Alternatives:
Swab/Secretions (Genital).
Transport Condition
Samples should be transported at 4°C.
Turn Around Time (TAT)
Normal Turnaround time for pathogen Identification is within 5 working days. Urgent Samples will be reported within half of the minimum test period & will be Charged Double.
Samples delivered after 11:00 AM will be processed next working day unless urgent.
Taylorella equigenitalis causes contagious equine metritis (CEM), which is an inflammatory disease of the proximal and distal reproductive tract of the mare and usually results in temporary infertility. OIE has listed CEM as a notifiable disease. Clinical signs include endometritis, cervicitis and vaginitis of variable severity and a slight to copious mucopurulent vaginal discharge. Direct venereal contact during natural mating presents the highest risk for the transmission of T. equigenitalis from a contaminated stallion or an infected mare. Direct venereal transmission can also take place by artificial insemination using infective raw, chilled and possibly frozen semen. Indirectly, infection may be acquired through fomite transmission, manual contamination, inadequate observance of appropriate biosecurity measures at the time of breeding and at semen collection centres. Stallions can become asymptomatic carriers of T. equigenitalis. The principal sites of colonisation by the bacterium are the urogenital membranes (urethral fossa, urethral sinus, terminal urethra and penile sheath). The sites of persistence of T. equigenitalis in the majority of carrier mares are the clitoral sinuses and fossa and infrequently the uterus. Foals born of carrier mares may also become carriers. The organism can infect equid species other than horses, e.g. donkeys.
Taylorella asinigenitalis is a microaerophilic, non-motile, coccobacillus, Gram-negative bacterium: It is closely related to Taylorella equigenitalis and mainly found in donkeys. It does not cause apparent disease in mares.
Pathogens Tested
This assay can detect and differentiate between Taylorella equigenitalis and Taylorella asinigenitalis.
Method
Real-Time PCR
Sample Type
Accredited:
Culture.
Alternatives:
Swab/Secretions (Genital).
Transport Condition
Samples should be transported at 4°C.
Turn Around Time (TAT)
Normal Turnaround time for pathogen Identification is within 5 working days. Urgent Samples will be reported within half of the minimum test period & will be Charged Double.
Samples delivered after 11:00 AM will be processed next working day unless urgent.
