equine metritis

noun

Veterinary Pathology.

1. a highly contagious inflammation of the uterus affecting mostly thoroughbred mares.

Example Sentences

Mr. Jayne’s latest import, a 7-year-old Dutch Warmblood named Ever Blue, is in quarantine in Wellington, Fla., being repeatedly bred to two mares to test for contagious equine metritis, a venereal disease that can be detected in the bloodstream of female horses, but not in male carriers.

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