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Granular Vulvovaginitis: A Review¹

Departments of Animal and Dairy Husbandry and Animal Pathology, Rhode Island Agricultural Experiment Station, Kingston

ABSTRACT

The information available at the present time on granular vulvovaginitis has resulted in considerable confusion as to its causes and effects. The conflict of ideas and research results has magnified many erroneous concepts. A scrutiny of the literature available discloses that only in the field of histopathology is there a semblance of agreement. Many investigators have proposed that the causative agent is of viral origin, others that it is protozoal, and still others, bacterial. There is no conclusive evidence at present as to the cause. Undoubtedly, this conflict can be attributed to the difficulty or impossibility of raising disease-free animals. Using various medicaments to eliminate or alleviate the condition has not given satisfactory results.

¹ Contribution 936 of the Eliode Island Agricultural Experiment Station. This study was part of the Northeast Regional Project NE-1, "Causes and Prevention of Reproductive Failures in Dairy Cattle," a cooperative study in the Northeast supported in part by regional funds.