A novel farm technology to quantify dairy cow cervix morphology: oestrus versus non-oestrus models
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Abstract:
The objective was to quantify and compare cow cervical morphology on oestrus vs. non-oestrus days using a new farm technology. The cervical tissues were videotaped using a cervixscope involving new camera equipment in four Holstein cows on multiple oestrus and non-oestrus days to score tissue morphology as altered by oestrus. The non-oestrous days were in diestrus phases. The videotaped records were processed in a computer installed with an image processing software. Cervix central positioning، movements، mucosal secretions، and clarity in the captured images were scored visually، each on a 5-point basis. Cervical regions were significantly more discrete، more mucosal، more central، and more stable on standing oestrus days than on non-oestrus days. During standing oestrus، the cervix was lucidly visible and rigidly positioned in the central end of vagina، whereas non-oestrus cervices were unstable and hardly separable from surrounding tissues. Findings demonstrate the on-farm feasibility of the novel inexpensive cervixscope as a farm management tool for quantifying cervix morphology.
Keywords:
Cervix , Cow , Oestrus , Morphology , Reproduction
Language:
English
Published:
Iranian Journal of Veterinary Research, Volume:14 Issue: 2, Spring 2013
Pages:
145 to 149
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