Sebastião Inocêncio Guido

Comparison of different protocols used to induce and synchronize estrus cycle of Saanen goats

The objective of the present study was to determine the efficiency of different protocols in inducing and synchronizing the estrus cycle of Saanen goats by using new or reused synchro-mate-B (SMB) and controlled internal drug release (CIDR) in combination with either equine chorionic gonadotrophin (eCG) or cloprostenol. Female goats (n=120) were divided at random into six groups of 20 animals each. In the T1-SMB group, the females were injected intramuscularly (i.m.) with 2.5mg estradiol valerate+1.5mg norgestomet and received a subcutaneous ear implant containing 2.0mg of norgestomet for 9 days. On the day of implant removal, the animals received 100IU of eCG and 0.05mg of cloprostenol. In the T2-SMB group, the animals were identically treated, except that the ear implant they received had been previously used in cattle. In the T3-SMB group, the treatment was identical to that for T1-SMB, but eCG was not administered. In the T1-CIDR group, the animals were treated for 9 days with an intravaginal device inpregnated with 0.3g of progesterone and injected i.m. with 100IU of eCG and 0.05mg of cloprostenol on the day of implant removal. The animals of the T2-CIDR group were treated like those of the T1-CIDR group, except that the intravaginal implant they received had been previously used in goats. The animals of the T3-CIDR group were treated like those of the T1-CIDR group, but did not receive eCG. The percentages of estrus and fertility were 100/80% (T1-SMB), 90/80% (T2-SMB), 75/75% (T3-SMB), 100/95% (T1-CIDR), 100/100% (T2-CIDR) and 70/65% (T3-CIDR), respectively, with the results for both parameters being lower (P</=0.05) in the T3-SMB and T3-CIDR groups. It is concluded that auricular implants or intravaginal devices may be reused, at last one more time, because they are efficient for inducing and synchronizing estrus in cyclic dairy goats.

Sexagem fetal em ovelhas Santa Inês por ultra-sonografia

The present study aimed to identify the sex and to determine the day of genital tubercle (GT) migration of ovine fetuses using real time ultrasonography. The sex was identified in Experiment (EI) taking into consideration the localization of GT and in Experiment II (EII) the presence of penis, prepuce and scrotal bag in male fetus and nipples, genital swelling and clitoris in female fetus. In EI, the females (n=17) were monitored with 12 hour intervals from the 35th to the 46th day of pregnancy, by transrectal via with linear transducer (6.0 and 8.0MHz). In EII, the females (n=30) with pregnancy period from 55 to 75 days were examined once only, using the same transducer and via used in EI. Among 17 females in EI, 11 (64.6%) fetuses were correctly sexed independent of single (7/11), twin (3/11) or triple (1/11) pregnancy In 6 (35.4%) pregnancies, 3 (17.7%) were twins, being impossible to sex one fetus of each pregnancy. In other 3 (17.7%) pregnancies the fetuses were correctly sexed, although the birth did not coincide with the quantification. In a male fetus of a single pregnancy, the migration of the GT began on day 37 of pregnancy and on the 46th day all the fetuses of the other pregnancies were correctly sexed. Among 30 females in EII, 16 (53.4%) pregnancies were single being sexed with accuracy of 100%. In other 14 (46.6%) remainder the pregnancies were twins, being impossible, in four cases, to be determined the sex of one of each twin. The incorrect diagnoses were fetuses sexed as females, however born as males. From the all born fetuses the total accuracy was 88.0% (EI) and 90.9% (EII), being not observed difference (P>0.05) between both experiments. The results allow to conclude that ultrasonography in real time is an efficient method to diagnose the fetal sex by visualization of GT, as well as by identification of penis, prepuce and scrotal bag in male fetus and nipples, genital swelling and clitoris in female fetus, since the scanning are performed from Day 50 of pregnancy