Transabdominal Ultrasonographic Diagnostics of Early Pregnancy in Goats from Mumbai and Adjoining Areas

S.H.A. Ehtisham¹ and S.U. Gulavane²

¹Department of Animal Husbandry Govt. of Jammu and Kashmir - 192 301, India ²Bombay Veterinary College, Associate Professor in Animal Reproduction Parel Mumbai - 400 012, India.

DOI : http://dx.doi.org/http://dx.doi.org/10.13005/bbra/1081

ABSTRACT:

The study was performed on 60 goats at Livestock farm at Unit No. 3, Arrey milk Colony Goregaon and adjoining areas of Mumbai. A total of 60 cross bred and non-descript does of which, 20 does were had history of known dates of mating at least one month back and 50 does had history of mating with unknown dates. Three scans were performed on each doe 15 to 30 days apart with Aloka SD 500 equipment having transabdominal 3.5 MHz sector transducer. The accuracy, sensitivity and specificity of the method were evaluated. An accuracy of 93.33 to 100% was detected. It was found out that the visualization of placentomes, the embryo with detection of cardiac activity and foetal movements were reliable criteria for ruling out the occurrence of early embryonic foetal death.

KEYWORDS: Goats; Pregnancy; Ultrasonographic.

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