Ultrasonografical Monitoring as Diagnostic Tool for Reproductive Management in Female Buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis)

Stelletta C., TEKİN K., ÇİL B., Oztutar Stelletta F., DAŞKIN A.

KAFKAS UNIVERSITESI VETERINER FAKULTESI DERGISI, cilt.24, sa.4, ss.577-582, 2018 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 24 Sayı: 4
  • Basım Tarihi: 2018
  • Doi Numarası: 10.9775/kvfd.2018.19641
  • Dergi Adı: KAFKAS UNIVERSITESI VETERINER FAKULTESI DERGISI
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.577-582
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Buffalo, Reproductive pathologies, Reproductive management, Ultrasonography, EARLY-PREGNANCY DIAGNOSIS, BLOOD-FLOW, DAIRY-COWS, FOLLICULAR-FLUID, OVARIAN CYSTS, CORPUS-LUTEUM, FETAL SEX, RUMINANTS, UTERUS
  • Ankara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

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.