EARLY PREGNANCY DIAGNOSIS IN CORRIEDALE SHEEP BY REALTIME B-MODE ULTRASONOGRAPHY

Authors

  • B A GANAIE S. K. University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology (K) Faculty of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry, Division of Animal Reproduction, Gynaecology and Obstetrics Shuhama, Srinagar-190006, J&K.
  • M Z KHAN
  • D M MAKHDOOMI
  • R ISLAM
  • G M WANI

Keywords:

Early pregnancy diagnosis, Sheep, B-mode ultrasonography

Abstract

Fifty Corriedale ewes were scanned in dorsal recumbency for pregnancy diagnosis using realtime
B-mode ultrasonic equipment provided with a 3.5 MHz sector array transducer at 15 days interval
starting from 15 days post tupping upto lambing through trans-abdominal approach. The accuracy,
sensitivity, specificity and the prediction values of the technique were evaluated at the different stages
of gestation, by comparing the ultrasonic results with lambing records and noticeable abortions. An
accuracy of 68% and a sensitivity of 70A% were observed at Day 27 .0 ± 0.83 ( 15-30), which increased
significantly (P<0.05) to 100% at day63.2 ± 0.75 (day 61-75) of gestation. It was found that presence
of echoic embryo within an anechoic fetal fluid, fetal cardiac activity, placentomes and developing fetal
skeleton were the reliable indicators of pregnancy.

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Published

2023-01-25

Issue

Vol. 30 No. 1 (2009): Indian Journal of Animal Reproduction

Section

Research Article

How to Cite

GANAIE, B.A., KHAN, M.Z., MAKHDOOMI, D.M., ISLAM, R., & WANI, G.M. (2023). EARLY PREGNANCY DIAGNOSIS IN CORRIEDALE SHEEP BY REALTIME B-MODE ULTRASONOGRAPHY. The Indian Journal of Animal Reproduction, 30(1), 45–49. Retrieved from https://acspublisher.com/journals/index.php/ijar/article/view/5165