P151 Protein Expression of Cortisol Metabolising Enzymes in the Boar Reproductive Tract V Sharp, AE Michael and LM Thurston Royal Veterinary College, University College London, London, UK The stress hormone cortisol is implicated in a wide range of reproductive processes including semen quality. Cortisol is interconverted with cortisone by isoforms of the enzyme 11beta hydroxysteroid dehydrogen...

Traditionally, animal exploitation in veterinary education in disciplines such as obstetrics is common worldwide. In addition, it is clear that veterinary schools are expected to provide sufficient opportunity for developing students’ necessary skill in bovine trans-rectal palpation by graduation. However, the veterinary medical education should be refined and animal exploitation in education b...

background: antibiotic therapies used in treatment of many diseases have adverse effects on fertility. this review analyzes previous comparative studies that surveyed the effects of two common groups of antibiotics on male fertility. objective: to evaluate histo-pathological effects of fluoroquinolones and aminoglycosides on sperm parameters and male reproductive tissue. materials and methods: ...

reproductive abnormalities cause major losses of sheep production. abattoir materials were used todetermine the extent of reproductive wastage. reproductive tracts were collected from 524 ewes slaughtered at urmia slaughter-house in urmia, northwest of iran, during a period of 12 months. overall, 30.10% of the ewes examined were pregnant. a total of 149 (28.44%) tracts developed acquired reprod...

congenital and acquired abnormalities of the reproductive tract of female sheep resulting in subfertility,infertility or sterility cannot easily be detected by routine clinical examination. morphopathologicalabnormalities of the reproductive tract of ewes were studied by examining a total of 739 genital tracts inabattoirs of fars province, iran. from these, the 648 non-pregnant genitalia were e...

The dromedary is one of the few domestic animal species that multiply at a very slow rate. Several factors among others; long gestation, simple and induced ovulation, contribute to reduction reproductive efficiency camel. To help understand camel reproduction in Niger, this study aims morphologically characterize system females slaughtered slaughterhouse. For this, total 132 genital tracts 264 ...

With the aim of isolating Leptospira spp., blood serum, kidney, liver and genital tract of 137 female swine (40 sows and 97 gilts) and also urine samples from 22 sows were collected in a slaughterhouse in the State of São Paulo, from April 2003 to August 2004. Four isolates were obtained from animals that presented microagglutination test (MAT) titers ≥ 100 for the serovar Pomona and one was ob...

Male-derived accessory gland proteins that are transferred to females during mating have profound effects on female reproductive physiology including increased ovulation, mating inhibition, and effects on sperm utilization and storage. The extreme rates of evolution seen in accessory gland proteins may be driven by sperm competition and sexual conflict, processes that may ultimately drive compl...

Adrenocorticotropin (ACTH), beta-endorphin, and the melanocyte-stimulating hormones (MSHs), which are products of a common precursor, pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC), are present in a variety of tissues other than pituitary. The recent detection of immunoreactive POMC-derived peptides in the male reproductive tract raised the possibility that these hormones might regulate reproductive function. To ...

Abstract Background Reproduction is a basic prerequisite to efficient livestock production. Reproductive performance depends on the normal structure and function of genital organs. A cross-sectional study was conducted from November 2016 May 2017 identify compare frequency reproductive tract pathological lesions isolate bacteria associated uterine in female dromedary camels cows slaughtered at ...