Male/Female Repro Flashcards
When are teat injuries most commonly seen?
w/in one month of calving
What is the major arterial supply to the udder?
External pudendal a.
Where is the elastic vs. fibrous udder support located?
Elastic=middle
Fibrous=lateral
What is the primary venous drainage from the udder?
External pudendal vein
Atresia in what quarter of the cistern has the best surgical prognosis?
Dorsal quarter
When do teat fistulas most likely occur?
After teat laceration when the milk tight seal is not obtained
What causes closure of teat cistern mucosa?
Polyglycolic acid
When should you treat stenotic teat sphincters to ensure patency?
Before morning milking
What are post-op recommendations for a tight teat sphincter?
Milk every 15 minutes for 2 hours and then every 2 hours
What are teat spiders?
Result of previous trauma to wall of teat
T/F: You should choose the largest fenestrated tube after removing mass of scar tissue
True
Where is the circumferential vascular plexus?
At the base of the teat
Rupture of the mucous membranes at the rosette of Furstenberg can be detected by what?
Ultrasound or double contrast radiographs
What are supernumerary teats?
Extra teats, typically smaller, cranial or caudal to existing teat
How are supernumerary teats removed?
Pincer/Burdizzo emasculatome & close with simple interrupted suture
What are teat obstructions treated with?
Thelotomy
Which teat lacerations have better prognosis?
Vertical cuts
By what percentage does the risk of mastitis increase by when a teat laceration is present?
50%
What is a slow (hard) milker?
Protrusions are inside the teat lumen making flow difficult
What are the three types of episioplasty surgeries?
Caslick’s procedure (vulvoplasty)
Perineal body reconstruction
Perineal body transection
What is the common treatment of pneumovagina?
Caslick’s procedure
How is a caslick’s surgery done?
Remove 3 mm of tissue from upper 1/3 of vulva with scissors, suture them closed with vertical mattress
REMOVE SUTURE PRIOR TO FOALING