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| Author(s): |
Marcelo Cardoso de Lima
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Master's Dissertation |
| Press: | São Paulo. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia (FMVZ/SBD) |
| Defense date: | 2006-06-09 |
| Examining board members: |
Mario Binelli;
Maria Angélica Miglino;
Erica Zimberknopf
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| Advisor: | Mario Binelli |
| Abstract | |
In cattle, embryonic death related to failure in the maternal recognition of pregnancy is as high as 30 to 40%. The success of pregnancy depends on appropriated biochemical interactions between the maternal endometrium and conceptus. The purposed of this dissertation was to validate a surgical technique to place and operate of intrauterine catheters to obtain fluid on different days of the estrous cycle and early pregnancy in cows, such technique should allow a systematic and continuous analysis of the uterine microenvironment secretions. Function of catheters was tested and resulting morphological changes were described. Silicon indwelling catheters were surgically placed in both uterine horns and exteriorized by the flank in 9 Holstein cows. Cows were divided to either receive (n = 6) or not (n = 3) embryo transfer on the day 7 of a synchronized estrous cycle (day 0 = day of estrus). Uterine flushing was performed through the catheters on days 14, 16, 18 and 20 pos-estrus. All cows were slaughtered on day 20 and reproductive tracts were colleted and prepared for histological analysis. In summary, the technique used: (1) allowed collection of uterine fluids, (2) resulted in 0% pregnancy rate, (3) caused pathologies in the reproductive organ, such as adhesions, focal infections and endometritis and (4) affected the uterine tissue with acute and chronic inflammation besides fibroplasias and glandular dilation. It was concluded that implantation and operation catheters the resulted in morphological changes which were incompatible with maintenance of pregnancy. The surgical approach tested was not suitable to study the uterine microenvironment in pregnant cows (AU) | |