Refining Angular Pregnancy Diagnosis in the First Trimester

The reaction of urine collected from 40 non-pregnant and 40 pregnant Yorkshire X Landrace crossed bred gilt/sows to 1% barium chloride sulotion was highly (P<0.01) depent on pregnant status of the pigs, the test being 100% and 81% effective in identifying non-pregnant and pregnant pigs respectively.The sensitivity of the test in the gravid ppigs was significantlt (P<0.05) influenced by, and tended to increase with, the stage of gestation with 59% of pigs in thier first trimester of gestation being correctly diagnosed as pregnant, and 95% - 100% of pigs in thier later stages of gestation being so correctly diagnosed. Parity and time of day of performance of the test had no effect on the urine reaction. It was concluded that the rest was least 95% accurate when used as from about 39 days after breeding for pregnancy diagnosis in pigs.

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P03.05: Medical termination of pregnancy (MToP) in the first trimester: the role of hCG and ultrasound in pregnancy diagnosis and MToP follow-up

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology ◽

10.1002/uog.19640 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 52 ◽

pp. 146-146

Author(s):

P. Slunska ◽

M.T. Maderkova ◽

K. Langova ◽

M. Lubusky

Keyword(s):

First Trimester ◽

Termination Of Pregnancy ◽

Pregnancy Diagnosis ◽

Medical Termination Of Pregnancy ◽

Medical Termination ◽

In Pregnancy

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Pregnancy Diagnosis with Progesterone ELISA Kit in Farm Animals, Its Accuracy and Application

Nepalese Veterinary Journal ◽

10.3126/nvj.v36i0.27764 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 36 ◽

pp. 111-117

Author(s):

Sambriddhi Nepal ◽

Deepak Subedi ◽

Krishna Kaphle

Keyword(s):

Corpus Luteum ◽

First Trimester ◽

Elisa Test ◽

Farm Animals ◽

Subsistence Farming ◽

Elisa Kit ◽

Qualitative And Quantitative ◽

Pregnancy Diagnosis ◽

Test Kit ◽

Qualitative And Quantitative Study

Pregnancy is a special condition where a female lodges one or more young ones within her uterus. It is maintained by various endocrine physiology and metabolic changes between maternal and fetal circumstances. Space dine secreted by corpus luteum increases extraordinarily throughout the pregnancy, estrogen increases rapidly during first trimester and prolonged lifespan of corpus luteum and small quantity of estrogen prevents prostaglandins pulsatic secretion. We reviewed available literature to evaluate the accuracy of progesterone ELISA test kit in pregnancy diagnosis in farm animals. We found varying accuracy in global and Nepalese context but found that this is an important tool for early pregnancy diagnosis and infertility monitoringwith high accuracy which contributes to increase economic efficiency of a farm. This kit has been used for qualitative and quantitative study of progesterone to understand the reproductive status of animals. Therefore, its use is increasing in globally and in Nepal. This kit has been used at various breeding centers, and livestock service centers of Nepal. However, wider level use is still difficult due to lack of infrastructuresand subsistence farming.

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