Mats Troedsson, DVM, Dipl. ACT, University of Florida (with co-author Walter Zent, DVM, of Lexington, Ky.), discussed clinical ultrasound in evaluation of the equine placenta to identify and treat mares with placentitis. He said placentitis is a common cause of abortion in the United States. Most cases are believed to be the result of an ascending infection (starting at the cervix) during late gestation

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