Ultrasound Diagnosis in Small Ruminants: Occurrence and Description of Genital Pathologies.

ABSTRACT: This study reports the occurrence and appearance of various reproductive tract pathologies of small ruminants diagnosed using ultrasound. An eight-year retrospective study of collected ultrasound data was carried out in Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil from September 2012 to July 2020. A total of 3463 animals from 16 sheep flocks and 10 dairy goat flocks, raised under extensive and intensive management systems, respectively, were used in the study. All animals were submitted to an ultrasound examination of their reproductive tract. Data were analyzed using Fisher's exact test (p < 0.05), to compare disorder frequencies within and between species. Ewes (4.14%) had fewer reproductive disorders than does (8.98%), while rams (43.63%) and bucks (56.25%) presented no significant difference

SUBMITTER: Balaro MFA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9698986 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature