Diagnosis of pregnancy and pathological conditions in the genital system of small ruminants by ultrasonography | ||
| Iraqi Journal of Veterinary Sciences | ||
| Article 1, Volume 30, Issue 1, June 2016, Pages 9-13 PDF (0 K) | ||
| DOI: 10.33899/ijvs.2016.119165 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Barra D. Al-Wataar; Rania M. Abdullah; Yasmen A. Omer | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The current study aimed to investigate the possibility of using ultrasonography through abdominal probe in recording percentages of pregnancy, twins and genital pathological condition which affect the uterus for cases admitted to veterinary hospital in Kirkuk province as well as regulated visits to breeding projects of small ruminant and college of agriculture and forestry / Kirkuk university for the period from 01/10/2015 to 01/04/2016, which included 281 of ewes and does. The result of current study showed that that ratio of pregnancy was 75.9% in ewes and in does 47.6% while in case of twins in ewes 19.0% and in does 38.1%., while the genital pathological cases like endometritis and mucometritis (after birth) ratio in ewes 2.5% and in does 9.5%, in cases of pyometra in ewes 1.3% and in does 0.0%, while cases of embryonic deaths ratio in ewes 1.3% and in does 4.8%. It was concluded from the current study that; the possibility of diagnosis the genital pathological cases which affect the uterus as well as the identification of the single and twin pregnancy with investigation of the viability of embryos in both ewes and does by using ultrasonography with abdominal probe. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Pregnancy Diagnosis; small ruminants; Ultrasonography; Pathological Genital Cases | ||
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