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Routine Fertility Visit Flashcards

1
Q

How often do routine fertility visits take place? what about on enormous farms?

A

Every fortnight.

Maybe weekly on enormous farms.

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Name 6 things that the vet is looking for when the cow is put in the crush?

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  1. her demeanor
  2. locomotion score
  3. BCS
  4. Conformation e.g. body/udder
  5. Vaginal discharge
  6. Bulling signs
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3
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What is the voluntary waiting period?

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This is where the cow is not put with the bull even if oestrus is observed following calving.

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4
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Name three things that might make it difficult to feel things on a rectal?

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  1. ballooning
  2. peristalsis
  3. faeces
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5
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After a prostaglandin injection, how soon will the cow be bulling?

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3-5 days (2-3 days in 80%)

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6
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Why might vets not let students give the prostaglandin injection?

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slow, might not do it right, intense contractions (asthmatics) and abortions.

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7
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What 4 things does the farmer mean when he has a ‘PD’?

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  1. she is healthy and milking okay
  2. She has been inseminated
  3. no bulling activity since insemmination
  4. no vaginal discharge
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8
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Over what size can you call something a follicle?

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Over 5mm

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9
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What drugs would you give to abort a pregnancy?

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Prostaglandins (estrumate) as this breaks down the CL.

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10
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Where abouts does the 1st follicular wave fall in cattle?

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About 10 days

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11
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What can the ultrasound tell us?

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  1. +/- pregnancy
  2. Pathology of uterus
  3. pathology of ovaries
  4. Stage of the oestrus cycle
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12
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What three things can we do to improve our guess as to where she is in the cycle?

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  1. history e.g. calving dates and oestrus dates.
  2. Manual palpation e.g. uterine tone
  3. Vaginal exam - mucus, blood
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13
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When in the cycle does the cow have high tone in the uterus?

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During oestrus - this is the opposite to the mare.

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14
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In normal bovine cycle, how long is the CL present for?

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15 days

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15
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What preceedes an LH surge?

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High GnRH

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16
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What preceeds ovulation?

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An LH surge

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17
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How long is the follicular phase?

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6 days

18
Q

Whereabouts in the 15 days is the cow least receptive to PGs?

A

Towards the end of the 25 days.

19
Q

What are the three vaginal mucosal stages during oestrus?

A
  1. Mucus increasing
  2. Copious amounts of clear mucus (in middle of oestrus)
  3. Mucus decreasing, often blood stained. no large follicles present.
20
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When progesterone dominants, what will not be produced?

A

Mucus.

21
Q

What does the CL produce?

A

Progesteron

22
Q

What does the administration of GnRH lead to?

A

LG surge and leuteinisation of follicles or ovulation.

23
Q

What else does GnRH injection stimulate the release of?

A

Small amounts of FSH, but tiny in comparison.

24
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What is a PRID?

A

Progesterone releasing intravagainal Exam

25
Q

What is it acting as?

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A temporary corpus luteum

26
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How long do you keep the PRID in the cow?

A

7-11 days

27
Q

When the PRID is removed, when does the cow then come into oestrus?

A

2-4 days later.

28
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How long is the license of the PRID?

A

7 days

29
Q

What does removal of the PRID mimic?

A

Luteolysis

30
Q

What do CL’s look like on ultrasound?

A

A ball of tissue

31
Q

What do follicles look like on ultrasond?

A

A ball of fluid

32
Q

What is the difference between endometritis and metritis and which is more worrying?

A

Endometritis is when the lining of the uterus is inflammed and infected - this discharge smells horrible and is yellow in colour.
Metritis is inflammation and infection of the whole uterus - this is very serious and the cow can die!

33
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What is a pyometra?

A

This is an infection of the uterus and there can be no discharge at all (due to closed cervix), but upon ultrasound, can see pus build-up.

34
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Why might a CL be persistent?

A

A damaged endometrium might mean cows cannot produce enough PGs to luteulyse the CL.

35
Q

Is a damaged endometrium self-curing?

A

Often, cows will self cure when they enter oestrus.

36
Q

If there is a persistent CL, what is the problem with this?

A

High progesterone means the uterus is not very good at cleaning out therefore more infection.

37
Q

What things during oestrus mean the uterus is cleaned out?

A

The cervix opens, increased blood and mucus flow, squeezing of the uterus, increased blood supply to the area therefore increased inflammation to clear the infection with inflammatory cells.

38
Q

What would you administer a sick cow?

A

Parenteral antibiotics

39
Q

What would you administer a cow with whites and no CL?

A

Intrauterine antibiotics

40
Q

what would you administer a cow with whites and a CL?

A

Prostaglandins to bring her into oestrus.

41
Q

If you give prostaglandins to a cow, within how many hours do they abort?

A

Within 48 hours.

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