The Effect of Flunixin Meglumine Injected Before Embryo Transfer on Pregnancy Rates in Heifers

BÜLBÜL B., Dursun S., Kirbas M., Kose M., Umutlu S.

KAFKAS UNIVERSITESI VETERINER FAKULTESI DERGISI, cilt.16, sa.1, ss.105-109, 2010 (SCI-Expanded) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 16 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2010
  • Dergi Adı: KAFKAS UNIVERSITESI VETERINER FAKULTESI DERGISI
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.105-109
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Embryo transfer, Flunixin meglumine, Pregnancy rate, UTERINE MANIPULATION, BOVINE EMBRYOS, FETAL MORTALITY, FROZEN, RECIPIENT, COWS, PROSTAGLANDIN-F2-ALPHA, PHARMACOKINETICS, FERTILITY, SUCCESS
  • Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

In this study, the effect of flunixin meglumine (non-steroid anti-inflamatuar) injection before embryo transfer on d 7 (oestrus 0) on pregnancy rate was examined. For this aim, 39 Brown Swiss heifers were used. Following the oestrus detection, cryopreserved cattle embryos were transferred on d 7. Treatment animals were chosen randomly and injected intramuscularly 500 mg flunixin meglumine (FM group, n = 20) 5 min before embryo transfer application while the others remained as controls (Control, n = 19) and intramuscularly injected 2 ml of saline solution. All animals were transferred first quality cryopreserved blastosist embryos. Transfers were performed to uterine horn ipsilateral to the corpus luteum in 5 min after thawing with the help of epidural anesthesia. Pregnancy diagnoses were performed on d 30 by ultrasound with 7.5 MHz rectal probe. Pregnancy rates were 50.0% in FM group and 52.6% in Control group. The difference between groups was not significant. It is concluded that 500 mg flunixin meglumine injection 5 min before cryopreserved embryo transfer had no effect on pregnancy rates in heifers.