The aim of this study was to evaluate parameters indicative of sperm quality of fresh and post-thawed semen of Aberdeen Angus, Holstein and Nelore bulls. Thirty-nine bulls were used: Aberdeen Angus (n=13), Holstein (n=13) and Nelore (n=13). The ejaculate collects were performed twice a week using artificial vagina, totaling 792 semen collections, 307 for Aberdeen Angus, 225 for Holstein and 260 for Nelore bulls...
Objetivou-se com este estudo demonstrar os resultados obtidos no exame andrológico de touros da raça Bonsmara e classificá-los por meio da Classificação Andrológica por Pontos (CAP). Foram utilizados 39 touros da raça Bonsmara, criados extensivamente, com idade entre 33 a 74 meses. Os animais foram submetidos ao exame clínico geral, exame interno e externo do sistema genital, medições da circunferência escrotal...
Enzootic bovine leucosis is an infectious disease of cattle caused by the bovine leukemia virus that results in lymphoma within target tissues. Cattle might demonstrate four clinicopathological age-related manifestations of the disease: juvenile, adult, thymic, and cutaneous form. This article describes the unusual manifestation of this disease in a 4-yr-old cow. Regional lymph nodes were enlarged during clinic...
The objective of the present study was to evaluate the effect of a second uterine flushing on number of recovered embryos. Cyclic Nelore cows (n= ) were used as donors. Animals were kept under grazing conditions in a farm at Mamborê, Paraná state. Cows were submitted to two sessions of multiple ovulation 80 days apart. At a random stage of estrus cycle (Day 0) donors received an intravaginal device with 1.9 g o...
The aim of this work was to evaluate pregnancy rates in bovine embryo recipients with compact and cavitary corpus luteum. Two hundred and three crossbred heifers were divided in two groups. In the first group (G-PGF, n=103), the animals received 500 mg de Cloprostenol IM (Sincrocio, Ouro fino, Brasil) after CL identification by ultrasonography. After that, heifers were detected for heat the next 72 hours. The a...