Delayed differentiation of vaginal and uterine microbiomes in dairy cows developing postpartum endometritis

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 14; no. 1; p. e0200974
• Main Authors: Miranda-CasoLuengo, Raúl, Lu, Junnan, Williams, Erin J., Miranda-CasoLuengo, Aleksandra A., Carrington, Stephen D., Evans, Alexander C. O., Meijer, Wim G.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 10.01.2019; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Animals; Bacteria; Bacteria - classification; Bacteria - genetics; Bacterial infections; Bioinformatics; Biology and Life Sciences; Cattle; Cattle Diseases - microbiology; Cattle Diseases - pathology; Computer and Information Sciences; Dairy cattle; Differentiation; Disease; Dispersal; Disruption; Ecological monitoring; Ecology; Ecology and Environmental Sciences; Endometritis; Endometritis - microbiology; Endometritis - pathology; Farms; Female; Gene polymorphism; Genetic polymorphisms; Health aspects; Health care; Infections; Infertility; Medicine and Health Sciences; Microbiomes; Microbiota; Microbiota - genetics; Microorganisms; Parturition; Polymorphism; Postpartum; Postpartum Period; Pregnancy; Preventive medicine; Reproductive system; Restriction fragment length polymorphism; Ribosomal DNA; rRNA 16S; Studies; Uterus; Uterus - microbiology; Uterus - pathology; Vagina; Vagina - microbiology; Vagina - pathology; Veterinary colleges; Veterinary medicine; Ireland

Bacterial overgrowth in the uterus is a normal event after parturition. In contrast to the healthy cow, animals unable to control the infection within 21 days after calving develop postpartum endometritis. Studies on the Microbial Ecology of the bovine reproductive tract have focused on either vagin...