ESTIMATION OF PARTURITION DATE THROUGH ULTRASONOGRAPHIC FOETAL BIOMETRY IN ROTTWEILER BITCHES

Authors

  • Maria Juliana Teixeira Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco (UFRPE), Recife, Pernambuco, Brasil
  • Daniela Maria Bastos de Souza Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco (UFRPE), Recife, Pernambuco, Brasil
  • Karina Costa Moreira de Melo Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco (UFRPE), Recife, Pernambuco, Brasil
  • Áurea Wischral Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco (UFRPE), Recife, Pernambuco, Brasil

Keywords:

Animal reproduction clinical

Abstract

Ultrasonography was used in this study with the aim to evaluate fetal development, and to determine the gestational age of Rottweiler bitches. Measurements of embryonic vesicle (VE) and fetal body were taken and evaluated by regression analysis. The linear regression equations and coefficients between gestational age and measures were established. The measures of abdominal (DA) and biparietal (DBP) diameters presented the best results, concerning to correlation coefficients (0.89 and 0.90, respectively) and facilities on mensuration takes. It was concluded that it is feasible to predict gestational age of Rottweiler bitches taken into consideration fetal measurements and equations obtained for this breed.

KEY WORDS: Dog, fetus, gestation, ultra-sound.

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Published

2009-09-30

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TEIXEIRA, Maria Juliana; SOUZA, Daniela Maria Bastos de; MELO, Karina Costa Moreira de; WISCHRAL, Áurea. ESTIMATION OF PARTURITION DATE THROUGH ULTRASONOGRAPHIC FOETAL BIOMETRY IN ROTTWEILER BITCHES. Brazilian Animal Science/ Ciência Animal Brasileira, Goiânia, v. 10, n. 3, p. 853–861, 2009. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/vet/article/view/1828. Acesso em: 5 dec. 2025.

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Vol. 10 No. 3 (2009)

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Veterinary Medicine

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