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- Title
Ultrasonografical Monitoring as Diagnostic Tool for Reproductive Management in Female Buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis).
- Authors
STELLETTA, Calogero; TEKİN, Koray; ÇİL, Beste; ÖZTUTAR STELLETTA, Fatma; DAŞKIN, Ali
- Abstract
The aim of this study was to estimate the frequency of physiological and pathological reproductive conditions in female Italian Mediterranean Buffaloes. Female animals (n=444), ranging from 3 to 14 years of age were monitored by ultrasonography (USG). A total of 7319 USG images were collected and analyzed for pregnancy status, fetal sexing, gynecological measurements and pathologies. While pregnancy rate was determined as 38.75% and ovarium-genital canal disorders as 11.71%; the most common pathologies in nonpregnant animals are defined as ovarian cystic degeneration (OCD), hydrosalpinx and salpingitis (SALP), metritis, pyometra (METR) and pneumovagina (PVAG). OCD represented 4.27% of pathological conditions during long day season (February-June) with a higher frequency above 5 years of age (P<0.05); and characterized by the presence of rounded anechoic structures with a 3.12±0.54 cm outer and 2.5±0.22 cm an internal diameter. While SALP frequency was determined as 6.75% and more intense over 7 years; METR and PVAG frequencies were 0.67% in total. In conclusion, these results demonstrated that ultrasonographic monitoring is a useful diagnostic tool to optimize the reproductive management through pregnancy and delivery time determination in addition to certain pathological conditions of the reproductive tract in buffaloes.
- Subjects
WATER buffalo; ULTRASONIC imaging; SALPINGITIS; PREGNANCY in animals; VETERINARY gynecology; REPRODUCTION
- Publication
Kafkas Universitesi Veteriner Fakultesi Dergisi, 2018, Vol 24, Issue 4, p577
- ISSN
1300-6045
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.9775/kvfd.2018.19641