Taylorella equigenitalis infections in Poland – results of current diagnostic investigations

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Comparison of the age and breed of stallions identified as infected with Taylorella equigenitalis and of the laboratory results of their urogenital swabs

Year of examination	Age (years)	Breed	Culture (isolation)	Streptomycin susceptibility/resistance	Serological identification (latex agglutination)	Oxidase production	Catalase production	Real-time PCR
2019	5	Arabian	+	susceptible	T. equigenitalis	+	+	+
2021	19	Malopolski	+	susceptible	T. equigenitalis	+	+	+
2022	20	Malopolski	+	susceptible	T. equigenitalis	+	+	+
2023	4	Anglo European Sport Horse (AES)	+	resistant	T. equigenitalis	+	+	+
2023	4	Westphalian	+	resistant	T. equigenitalis	+	+	+
2023	4	Sella Italiano	+	resistant	T. equigenitalis	+	+	+

Comparison of the number of horses tested for Taylorella equigenitalis and showing positive results in particular years

Year	Number of horses tested	Number/% of tested		Number/% of positive horses	Sex of positive horses
		mares	stallions
2018	64	20/31.25	44/68.75
2019	68	9/13.24	59/86.76	1/1.47	♂
2020	52	6/11.54	46/88.46
2021	99	19/19.20	80/80.80	1/1.01	♂
2022	80	14/17.50	66/82.50	1/1.25	♂
2023	68	12/17.65	56/82.35	3/4.41	3 × ♂