Test 4: lecture 6 pregnancy Flashcards
Monotocous
1 offspring at birth
Multiparous
> 1 pregnancy and parturition
> 1 offspring at birth (litter)
Nulliparous
never pregnant
pluriparous
> 1 pregnancy and parturition
polytocous
litter bearers
first pregnancy
primiparous
uniparous
1 pregnancy and parturition
1 offspring at birth
viviparous
offspring delivered alive
organogensis
very early in pregnancy from embryo→ fetus
ewe 12-34 days
cow 12-45 days
mare 12-60 days
gestation length for cow
280
gestation length for mare
340
gestation length for ewe
146
gestation length for doe
146
sow gestation length
114
bitch gestation length
63
queen gestation length
63
parts of the oviduct
infundibulum
ampulla (where fertilization takes place)
isthmus
2 cell embryo
blastomere
stage of division of embryo
zygote
blastomere (2 Cell)
4-8 morula
blastocyst (fluid cavity and tight junctions on periphery(trophoblast), gap junctions internal cells (ICM))
hatching from ZP and implantation
what happens to hatched blastocyst in sheep cattle and pigs
elongated→ filamentous structure → increases surface area to allow uterus to see
maternal recognition of pregnancy
Process by which the pre-attachment conceptus signals its presence to the dam. The must occur before luteolysis or the female will return to estrus.
CL must be preserved to maintain pregnancy
normal luteolysis
if not pregnant the uterus will secrete ___
PGF2 alpha
in cow, ewe and sow the vein will transfer PGF to the uterine artery and cause luteolysis of the non pregnant CL
CL released oxytocin → if there is enough oxytocin the uterus will release PGF
___ will prevent oxytocin from CL from binding to receptors during pregnancy
interferon (IFN T)
In cows and sheep
___ prevents luteolysis in sows
estradiol (estrogen produced by the blastocyst)
E2 will force PGF into the lumen of the uterus instead of into the blood→ will lead to contractions of the uterus that moves the blastocyst around
in sows how many embryo needed for maternal recognition
4
evenly distributed between both horns