MAMMARY BIOPSY IN INDUCED LACTATING GOATS: ASSESSMENT OF POST-BIOPSY MILK PROPERTIES AND ULTRASONOGRAPHIC APPEARANCE

Authors

  • Francisco Carlos de Sousa Universidade Estadual do Ceará
  • Alexandre Rodrigues Paula Júnior Universidade Estadual do Ceará
  • Iana Sales Campelo Universidade Estadual do Ceará
  • Luciana Magalhães Melo Universidade Estadual do Ceará
  • Vicente José de Figueirêdo Freitas Universidade Estadual do Ceará
  • Dárcio Ítalo Alves Teixeira www.uece.br

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/cab18039077

Keywords:

caprino, úbere, biópsia, ultrassonografia

Abstract

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of mammary biopsy procedures on gland function of goats submitted to hormonal lactation. Ten female Caninde goats, at the age of around 3 years, were used and lactation was induced by using estrogen, progesterone, and prednisolone. Ultrasonographic examinations of mammary gland, milking, and analysis of physicochemical properties of milk were performed immediately before (0 h), and 24, 48, and 72 h after each biopsy procedure. Surgical mammary gland biopsies were obtained at days 5 and 26 of the lactation. Even after drying initiation, all animals produced milk for five months. No abnormalities were observed on the ultrasonographic appearance of biopsied glands. All 20 biopsies were technically successful and any inflammation or infection was associated with biopsy procedures. Regarding the physicochemical properties and volumes of milk produced, no significant differences (P > 0.05) were observed between right and left glands nor in the comparison of the results from time 0 with 24, 48, and 72 h for biopsied teats. The mammary biopsy did not induce neither severe changes in production and physicochemical properties of the milk nor in ultrasonographic appearance of mammary gland of goats in hormonal lactation.
Keywords: biopsy; goat; udder; ultrasonography.

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Author Biographies

Francisco Carlos de Sousa, Universidade Estadual do Ceará

Laboratório de Fisiologia e Controle da Reprodução

Alexandre Rodrigues Paula Júnior, Universidade Estadual do Ceará

Laboratório de Fisiologia e Controle da Reprodução

Iana Sales Campelo, Universidade Estadual do Ceará

Laboratório de Fisiologia e Controle da Reprodução

Luciana Magalhães Melo, Universidade Estadual do Ceará

Laboratório de Fisiologia e Controle da Reprodução

Vicente José de Figueirêdo Freitas, Universidade Estadual do Ceará

Laboratório de Fisiologia e Controle da Reprodução

Dárcio Ítalo Alves Teixeira, www.uece.br

Laboratório de Fisiologia e Controle da Reprodução

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Published

2017-02-07

How to Cite

SOUSA, F. C. de; PAULA JÚNIOR, A. R.; CAMPELO, I. S.; MELO, L. M.; FREITAS, V. J. de F.; TEIXEIRA, D. Ítalo A. MAMMARY BIOPSY IN INDUCED LACTATING GOATS: ASSESSMENT OF POST-BIOPSY MILK PROPERTIES AND ULTRASONOGRAPHIC APPEARANCE. Brazilian Animal Science/ Ciência Animal Brasileira, Goiânia, v. 18, 2017. DOI: 10.1590/cab18039077. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/vet/article/view/e-39077. Acesso em: 17 jul. 2024.

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Vol. 18 (2017): Continuous publication

Section

MEDICINA VETERINÁRIA

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