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- Title
Endometritis clínica y subclínica en bovinos Parte I: Diagnóstico.
- Authors
Gnemmi, G.; Gnemmi, B.; Maraboli, C.; Pascottini, O. Bogado
- Abstract
The reproductive efficiency and productivity in bovines depend to a great extent on the absence of inflammatory processes of the uterus in the postpartum period. Cows with clinical endometritis have lower reproductive efficiency. The negative impact on reproduction is determined by a lower risk of pregnancy, due to an increase in the number of inseminations per pregnant cow, the prolongation of the calving-first insemination interval, and the prolongation of the calving-conception interval. In this first part, a review of the main diagnostic methods of clinical and subclinical endometritis will be carried out. Under field conditions, the diagnosis of clinical endometritis can be made by different methods: endometritis score, vaginal examination, metricheck, speculum, vaginoscope, rectal palpation and ultrasonography. Each with different diagnostic sensitivity and specificity. The diagnosis of subclinical endometritis by ultrasonography can be made in real time in the study of the follicular map and the characteristics of the content and artifacts in the uterus. Another possibility is to make the diagnosis based on the amount of leukocytes present in the uterine lumen, using different methods: cytobrush, cytoflushing, cytotape, Leukocyte Esterase Test and optical density. There is no gold standard: each has advantages and disadvantages.
- Subjects
ENDOMETRITIS; BOS; PUERPERIUM; ULTRASONIC imaging; ARTIFICIAL insemination
- Publication
Taurus, 2023, Vol 25, Issue 99, p36
- ISSN
1515-3037
- Publication type
Article