Table 3.

Differences in usage of solutions for uterine lavage/instillation for treatment of chronic infectious (CIE) and persistent breeding induced endometritis (PBIE) by geographical region of practice in Germany.

Geographical region of practice in Germany	Endometritis type	Lower Saxony	North	East	Central	South	West	X2
Use of 0.9% NaCl solution for uterine lavage	CIE	95.7% (45/47)	75.0% (6/8)	78.6% (11/14)	77.8% (7/9)	76.9% (10/13)	100% (10/10)	p = 0.04
	PBIE	70.0% (35/50)	45.5% (5/11)	37.5% (6/16)	80.0% (8/10)	47.1% (8/17)	80.0% (8/10)	p = 0.04

Geographical region of practice: Lower Saxony = Lower Saxony; North = Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Schleswig-Holstein; East = Brandenburg, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt; Central = Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland, Thuringia; South = Baden-Wuerttemberg, Bavaria; West = North Rhine-Westphalia.