Elmo Gomes Diniz

Desenvolvimento morfológico dos ovários em embriões e fetos bovinos da raça Nelore

Faculdade de Medicina Veterinaria da Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Av. Para 1720, 38408-283 - Uberlândia, MG

Inseminação artificial em tempo fixo e diagnóstico precoce de gestação em vacas leiteiras mestiças

It was evaluated, during a period of one year, the reproductive performance of 94 Bos taurus x Bos indicus crossbred dairy cows submitted to an assisted reproduction program. A timed artificial insemination (TAI) protocol was carried out by using an intra-vaginal progesterone device containing progesterone and through injections with Prostaglandin F2α and estradiol cypionate. By using ultrasound, from 7 to 14 days after inseminations or controlled mattings, detection of corpus luteum in the ovaries was done to determine ovulation rate and, on the 28th day, diagnosis of pregnancy was carried out for calculation of conception rate. Treatment only started after a 34-day post-partum minimal period. Body condition score, presence of corpus luteum in the beginning of the protocol, reutilization of intra-vaginal device and controlled mating or artificial insemination did not influence rates of ovulation, conception and conception of ovulated cows. Rates of conception and rates of conception of ovulated cows were negatively affected by the higher number of days post partum (DPP), or days in milk and by the warmer seasons of the year, spring/summer. Response to protocol of timed artificial insemination based on the use of progesterone, PGF2α and estradiol cypionate is negatively affected by lactation days and by the warm season of the year. Body condition does not affect the response to protocol of artificial insemination provided that treated cows show body condition scores higher than 2.5 points.

Desenvolvimento morfológico dos ovários em fetos eqüinos sem raça definida

This research research was aimed at histologically characterizing the pre-natal ovarian development of cross-breed equine fetuses in the tropics, observing the rise and the quantification of oogonia and follicles. One hundred and thirty one fetuses were obtained from a slaughterhouse, their crown-rump length (CRL) was measured in centimeters (cm). Next, the gonads were sectioned and the samples were placed to rest in Bouin´s liquid for 24 hours. The ages were estimated by regression. 7µm thick histological ovarian cuts were prepared and stained with hematoxylin-eosin. Oogonia, primordial, growing and antral follicles were observed in fetuses whose CRL was between 4.1 and 6.5cm (40 to 49 gestation days (GD)); 9.1 and 12.0cm (60 to 69 GD); 23.1 and 29.0cm (116 to 135 GD); 50.1 and 65.0cm (201 to 245 GD) respectively. The maximum amount of oogonia and of primordial, growing and antral follicles occurred in fetuses whose CRL was between 4.1 and 6.0cm (40 to 49 GD); 16.1 and 23.0cm (90 to 115 GD); 29.1 and 36.0cm (136 to 155 GD); 50.1 and 97.0cm (201 to 320 GD), respectively. These results suggest that the development of cross-breed equine ovarian fetuses in the tropics is more premature than that described in the literature on studies of various equine breeds in temperate regions.