Cervical mucus is not efficient to predict the ovulation time in of Santa Ines ewes synchronized to estrus.

• Autor(a) principal: PAULA, C. J. C. de
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Outros Autores: BRAIR, V. L., PRELLWITZ, L., SILVA, D. dos S., SCHMIDT, A. P. P., VERGANI, G. B., ANDRADE, L. P. A. de, CUNHA, R. O., SOUZA-FABJAN, J. M., FONSECA, J. F. da
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da EMBRAPA (Repository Open Access to Scientific Information from EMBRAPA - Alice)
• Texto Completo: http://www.alice.cnptia.embrapa.br/alice/handle/doc/1112212
• topic: Follicular dynamics; Dinâmica folicular; Ultrassonografia; Ovino; Ovelha; Reprodução Animal; Ovulação; Inseminação Artificial; Ultrassom; Sheep; Artificial insemination; Ultrasonography

Abstract: In goats, it has been demonstrated that cervical mucus evaluation is able to predict the time of ovulation after estrous hormonal synchronization, which is efficient in determining the ideal time of Artificial Insemination (Fonseca et al., 2017. Reprod Biol; 17:363-369). However, in sheep, this parameter is not established in the literature. The study was conducted in Coronel Pacheco (latitude 21?33 'S and longitude 43?16' W), MG, Brazil. These data are different from that reported in goats, i.e., the standardization of mucus score 3 or 4 at the time of ovulation. It may be concluded that the use of cervical mucus is alone not an efficient parameter to detect the time of ovulation in sheep. [O muco cervical não é eficiente em predizer o momento da ovulação em ovelhas Santa Inês sincronizadas ao estro].