Gross and ultrasonographic morphometry of female reproductive tract in small ruminants
Author(s):
R Jannat1
FY Bari
2
RN Ferdousy
3
MM Hassan
4
NS Juneya
5
1Department of Surgery and Obstetrics, Bangladesh Agricultural University Mymensingh-2202, Bangladesh
2Department of Surgery and Obstetrics, Bangladesh Agricultural University Mymensingh-2202, Bangladesh
3Department of Surgery and Obstetrics, Bangladesh Agricultural University Mymensingh-2202, Bangladesh
4Department of Surgery and Obstetrics, Bangladesh Agricultural University Mymensingh-2202, Bangladesh
5Department of Surgery and Obstetrics, Bangladesh Agricultural University Mymensingh-2202, Bangladesh
Abstract - Understanding the anatomy of female reproductive organs is very much important to identify any variation in disease con- dition. Therefore, this study was conducted to determine the gross and ultrasonographic morphometry of female reproductive tract in small ruminants. The reproductive tracts of 21 does and 20 ewes were collected from slaughter house and both gross and ultrasonographic image measurements were performed to study morphometry of cervix, body of uterus, horn of uterus and ovary. Water bath ultrasonography technique was used with trans-abdominal linear probe for image measurement. Re- sults revealed significant (P<0.001) variation between gross and image measurements of cervix, body of uterus and ovaries in does. In ewes, the significant (P<0.001) variation was observed between gross and image measurements in diameter of ovaries. Gross measurements were proportionately higher than image measurements in both species. The mean length, width and diameters of right ovaries were found higher than those of left ovaries. Pearson’s correlation revealed a positive relation between two measurements. Moreover, it was found that echogenicity varied with reproductive organs. This is a model study, which may help to identify female reproductive structures in small ruminants when trans-abdominal probe is used.
Keywords - Ultrasonography, Morphometry, Female reproductive tracts, small ruminants