Assessment of postpartum uterine involution and progesterone profile in Nubian goats (Capra hircus)

Authors

  • Majdi Elnaim Badawi Department of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine, Sudan University of Science and Technology (SUST), Khartoum
  • Sharaf Eldien Abdalla Makawi Department of Reproduction and Obstetrics, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Khartoum, Shambat, Khartoum North
  • Rehab Mohamad Abdelghafar Department of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine, Sudan University of Science and Technology (SUST), Khartoum
  • Mohamed TajEldien Ibrahim Department of College of Science and Technology of Animal Production, Sudan University of Science and Technology (SUST), Khartoum

Keywords:

Nubian goats, postpartum period, uterine involution, ultrasonography, progesterone, radioimmunoassay

Abstract

A total number of 12 postpartum (pp) Nubian goats were included in the study to measure the uterine involution by ultrasonography from day 3 to 31 pp. Coinciding with ultrasonography, blood samples were collected at every 3 days to monitor the ovarian activity by measuring plasma progesterone (P4) concentration using progesterone radio-immuno-assay (RIA). Uterine diameter (UD) and uterine lumen (UL) were maximum on day 3, and minimum on day 31 pp. More than 50% of uterine involution occurred between day 3 and day 14 pp. The end of uterine involution was characterized by small UD and absence of lochia in the UL. The maximum (0.87±0.4 ng/mL) and minimum (0.54±0.2 ng/mL) plasma P4 levels were reported on day 27 and day 7 pp, respectively. Completion of uterine involution was recorded at 22±3.3 days pp. There was a negative correlation between P4 level and uterine parameters (UD and UL). It can be concluded that ultrasonography is a reliable tool to determine uterine involution in Nubian goats.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5455/javar.2014.a10

J. Adv. Vet. Anim. Res., 1(2): 36-41, June 2014

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2014-06-02

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Assessment of postpartum uterine involution and progesterone profile in Nubian goats (Capra hircus). (2014). Journal of Advanced Veterinary and Animal Research, 1(2), 36-41. https://www.banglajol.info/index.php/JAVAR/article/view/19040

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Vol. 1 No. 2 (2014)

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Assessment of postpartum uterine involution and progesterone profile in Nubian goats (Capra hircus). (2014). Journal of Advanced Veterinary and Animal Research, 1(2), 36-41. https://www.banglajol.info/index.php/JAVAR/article/view/19040