Caracterización de las alteraciones del aparato reproductor de la hembra bovina a nivel de camal

Abstract

During the development of this research, the reproductive tracts of cows were inspected to characterize the macroscopic abnormalities of the genital tract that occurred in female bovines at the Municipal slaughterhouse Fridge Ambato.

Before slaughter, animals were kept under standard housing conditions, no details about reproductive history were known.

The genitals were removed immediately after animals were eviscerated. Genitals were macroscopically examined by pathologic examination. Genital apparatus underwent a detailed analysis in order to detect possible vulvovaginal, ovarian, oviductal and uterine diseases that conform genital illnesses.

The results showed that 25.10% of the inspected bodies had abnormalities somewhere in the reproductive system; 48.27% of these, were ovarian alterations from which follicular cysts dominated with 39.28%, followed by atretic ovaries with 21.49%; 6.66% corresponded to adhesions of different degree in the uterine tubes, presenting alteration of the oviductual permeability.

Moreover, the finding of 20.68%, within the uterus, was the presence of purulent content corresponding to endometrial infections of different degrees that covered 66.66%, with lower percentage in pyometra and mucometra.

From all this this research, the most important finding, from a practical point of view, was the large number of genital apparatus presenting pregnancy, with 57.57% fron this percentage, 51.12% belonged to fetuses of the second third of pregnancy that goes between 91-180 days of gestation.