Manual Rupture Versus Transvaginal Ultrasound-guided Aspiration of Allanto-amniotic Fluid in Multiple Pregnancies: A Clinical Approach to Embryo Reduction in Dairy Cattle

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dc.contributor.authorAndreu Vazquez, Cristina
dc.contributor.authorGarcía Ispierto, Irina
dc.contributor.authorLópez Gatius, Fernando
dc.date.accessioned2015-11-26T10:16:19Z
dc.date.available2015-11-26T10:16:19Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.description.abstractTo avoid the problems associated with twinning in dairy cattle, one of the embryos may be eliminated. This study compares the effect on pregnancy maintenance of two embryo reduction techniques, manual rupture (MR) and transvaginal ultrasound-guided aspiration (TUGA) of allanto-amniotic fluid, in Holstein-Friesian cows with multiple pregnancies. In the first experiment, 61 lactating cows bearing unilateral twins (n=27), bilateral twins (n=30) or triplets/quadruplets (n=4) were subjected to MR (n=45) or TUGA using a 17-G neddle (n=16) on day 28-34 of gestation. In 21 and 10 cows undergoing MR and TUGA embryo reduction, respectively, pregnancy loss occurred before day 90 (46.7 vs. 62.5%, P= 0.28). Through binary logistic regression, the type of pregnancy was identified as the only variable significantly affecting pregnancy maintenance (P=0.03). Based on the odds ratio, the risk of pregnancy loss was 4.1 times higher for unilateral twins than for bilateral twins (70.4 vs. 36.7%, respectively, P=0.01). No effect was detected on pregnancy maintenance of the technique used (P=0.17) or of the interaction technique by type of pregnancy (P=0.22). In the second experiment, a 22-G needle was used to perform TUGA on 22 lactating cows. The pregnancy loss rates were 44.4% (4/9), 18.2% (2/11) and 50% (1/2) for cows bearing unilateral twins, bilateral twins and triplets, respectively. The total pregnancy loss rate following TUGA using the 22-G needle tended to be lower than that using the 17-G needle (31.8 vs. 62.5%; P=0.06). Our results suggest that TUGA using a 22-G needle could be the method of choice to perform embryo reduction in cows carrying multiple pregnancies.ca_ES
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1262/jrd.2012-046
dc.identifier.idgrec017971
dc.identifier.issn0916-8818
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/49069
dc.language.isoengca_ES
dc.publisherSociety for Reproduction and Developmentca_ES
dc.relation.isformatofReproducció del document publicat a https://doi.org/10.1262/jrd.2012-046ca_ES
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Reproduction and Development, 2012, vol. 58, núm. 4, p. 420-424ca_ES
dc.rightscc-by-nc-nd (c) Andreu Vazquez, Cristina et al., 2012ca_ES
dc.rights.accessRightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessca_ES
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/*
dc.subjectDairy cattleca_ES
dc.subjectEmbryo reductionca_ES
dc.subjectQuadrupletsca_ES
dc.titleManual Rupture Versus Transvaginal Ultrasound-guided Aspiration of Allanto-amniotic Fluid in Multiple Pregnancies: A Clinical Approach to Embryo Reduction in Dairy Cattleca_ES
dc.typearticleca_ES
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