Cardiology and Reproduction Flashcards
What are the three levels of sexual determination
Chromosomal (XX or XY), Gonadal (SRY gene on Y chromosome coding for TDF), phenotypic (Males secrete anti-mullerian hormone and testosterone)
What gene gives a male their maleness
SRY- sex-determining region of Y
what does the SRY gene code for and what does the gene do
TDF- testis determining factor, promotes formation of seminiferous tubules and interstitial cells
What occurs in an intersex animal
the animal has the gonadal tissue of both sexes
What happens to form a Freemartin
there is one placenta that is shared by twins, one boy and one girl, and the female is exposed to the blood containing anti-mullerian hormone and testosterone resulting in a female that has a rudimentary uterus, seminal vesicles, and is infertile (chimeras often very common)
What occurs in Turner’s syndrome
A mare is missing an X chromosome (XO) so the ovaries are either hypoplastic or dysplastic and the tract is rudimentary
A male that has testes but has female tubing is like that because
he has an androgen insensitivity so he can’t respond appropriately to testosterone
What is chimera
one ovary and one testes, somatic cells with distinct chromosome constitutions from different individuals, XX/XY
What is inflammation of the ovary called
oophoritis
What is a parovarian cyst
a cyst often in horses that blocks the egg from reaching the oviduct, causes a physical “traffic” reproduction problem
What are the common cysts that cows get
folicular cysts and cystic corpus luteum
In horses what ovarian tumor is super common and is it malignant, what is a common clinical sign and why
granuloma cell tumors and they are usually benign, they may release testosterone so mares often act like stallions
What ovarian tumor is often malignant and how does it spread
adenocarcinoma and spreads via carcinomatosis
What are three ovarian developmental disorders
agenesis
hypoplasia
ovarian remnants
A dog you spayed last year comes to you because her owner says she is having discharge and bleeding from her vagina. You take a look and the dog seems to be in heat! What is going on?
The dog might have ovarian remnant syndrome, genetically she may have an extra ovary or part of one
What pathogen can cause oophoritis, reproductive disease, and gastrointestinal disease in cows and is transmitted vertically or horizontally
Bovine Viral Diarrhea (BVDV)
What happens in a cow with follicular cysts
the cow is in continuous estrus but fail to ovulate, this is a hormonal reproductive problem
What happens in a cow with a corpus luteum cyst
There is continuous anestrus, this is a hormonal reproductive problem
What are the most common animals to get ovarian tumors
the dog and the horse (and I think maybe chicken?)
give an example of an epithelial ovarian tumor and who commonly gets them
adenoma/adenocarcinoma, dogs
What type of ovarian tumor has endoderm, mesoderm, and ectoderm elements and is benign
a teratoma
What duct do male gonads form from? What about female gonads
Males from Wolffian and Females from Mullerian
What do the testes secrete to prevent female gonads from forming
Mullerian duct inhibitory sequence (aka anti-mullerian hormone?)
What three things can go wrong in the development of the uterus, vagina, and vulva
imperforate hymen (no vaginal opening), segmental aplasia (part of tubing is missing), failure of fusion of the caudal part of the tube which causes a double cervix
what are some causes of uterine prolapse
dystocia, estrogenic plants like soy, vascular damage, hypocalcemia
What is the pathogenesis of a dog in heat getting a pyometra
A dog in heat ovulates and the corpus luteum forms and makes progesterone and estrogen–> this primes the uterine lining to get more glandular–> glands can become cystic–> cystic endometrial hyperplasia which is a good environment for bacteria–> pus–> pyometra
A dog recently had a litter of puppies and now is presenting to your clinic with a hemoabdomen. What happened?
subinvolution of the placental sites- the trophoblasts aren’t expelled and keep growing–> grow through the uterus and it bled into the abdomen
which venereal disease causes ulcers and erosions on the vulva in horses
equine coital exanthema (herpes)
what type of tumor is often around the vulva of cows and is often from sun exposure
squamous cell carcinoma
what causes contagious equine metritis and what are the symptoms
Taylorella equigenitalis- causes nonspecific postparturient endometritis, metritis, and vaginitis
what uterine tumor is common in chickens
adenocarcinomas
Commonly in third world countries dogs can be infected with a virus that is spread how and causes what
they can get transmissible venereal tumors via genital contact with other body parts (often other genitals or face)
what is the most common way to lose a fetus
early embryonic death from chromosomal abnormalities or not enough progesterone
what is the difference between mummified and macerated fetuses
macerated fetuses have bacteria that got in and turned them more into goo
what type of placenta do ruminants have
cotyledonary
what type of placenta do horses and pigs have
diffuse