Este trabalho objetivou relacionar o diâmetro da vesícula embrionária/fetal (DVE) e comprimento craniocaudal do embrião/feto (CCC) do 15º ao 45º dia de gestação com a idade de gestação em ovelhas. Utilizaram-se 19 ovelhas adultas da raça Bergamácia, com cio sincronizado e cobertas por um mesmo reprodutor. A avaliação ultra-sonográfica foi realizada diariamente do 15º ao 30º dia após a cobrição e a cada cinco dias do 30º ao 45º dia, utilizando-se aparelho com transdutor linear de 5,0 e 7,5MHZ. O crescimento diário médio do DVE e CCC foi de 1,40mm e 1,33mm, respectivamente. A calibragem inversa obtida para DVE foi: Dias = -11 + 50(0,1 + 0,04log DVE)½, com R² = 0,85 e para CCC foi: Dias = 13,63 + 12,5(-0,71 + 0,16CCC)½, com R² = 0,93. Tanto o DVE como o CCC obtidos por ultra-sonografia são medidas pelas quais se pode prever a idade de gestação em ovelhas da raça Bergamácia.

This study aimed to relate embryonic/fetal vesicle diameter (EVD) and crown-rump length (CRL) to gestational age in ewes from the 15th to the 45th day of pregnancy. Nineteen adult Bergamácia ewes with synchronized estrus were mated by the same male. Ultrasonographic evaluations were performed every 24 hours from the 15th to the 30th day after mating and every five days from the 30th to the 45th day using 5.0 and 7.5MHZ linear transducers. Average daily growth of EVD and CRL were 1.40mm and 1.33mm, respectively. The inverse calibration obtained for EVD was: Days = -11 + 50(0.1 + 0.04log EVD)½ with R² = 0.85, and for CRL was: Days = 13.63 + 12.5(- 0.71 + 0.16CRL)½ with R² = 0.93. Both EVD and CRL obtained by ultrasonography are useful measurements that allow the prediction of gestational age in Bergamácia ewes.

Compararam-se os perfis dos constituintes do sangue de ovelhas submetidas a cesariana eletiva (n=21; GI) ou com partos normais (n= 11; GII). Obtiveram-se amostras de sangue em cinco momentos: no dia do parto, antes de sua ocorrência (M1), um (M2), dois (M3), três (M4) e sete (M5) dias pós-parto. Os valores do eritrograma em todos os animais apresentaram-se normais, não se constituindo em guia para o prognóstico da ocorrência pós-parto. No leucograma do GI observou-se presença de neutrófilos imaturos nos animais que morreram após a cirurgia. Apesar de a contagem de neutrófilos imaturos ter sido sugestiva do efeito da cesariana, nenhuma variável hematológica mensurada constituiu-se em acurado guia para o prognóstico da cesariana.

Blood components of ewes submitted to cesarean section (n=21, GI) were compared to those with normal parturition (n=11, GII). Blood samples were taken at the following times: on delivery day, before delivery (T1), and one day (T2), two days (T3), three days (T4), and seven days (T5) after delivery. All animals showed normal erytrogram values, which could not be used as a prognostic guide of the pos-partum outcome. Immature neutrophil count in the leucogram was characteristic of animals that died due to surgery (GI). This study showed the importance of sequential hemograms for post-cesarean follow up. Despite of the immature neutrophil count be suggestive of cesarean effect, no determined hematological variable provided an accurate prognostic guide of cesarean section.

Fibrin glue has been used on its own or in conjunction with suturing materials to promote hemostasis, reduce adherence, strengthen the wound site, and improve healing. Snake venom derived fibrin glue was evaluated as an alternative to conventional uterine suturing after ovine caesarean surgery. Twenty-eight pregnant ewes of known mating date were used. The animals submitted to conventional caesarean sections showed a better wound healing process. As expected, all the operated animals had retained placenta, compromising coaptation of wound edges. This had a strong influence in the results observed with the animals in which fibrin glue was used. The animals were divided into four groups GI, GII, GIII, and GIV and sacrificed, respectively, 3, 7, 15, and 30 days after surgery for macro and microscopic examination of the uterus. From each group, six animals underwent surgery using fibrin glue and four animals were submitted to comparative conventional hysterorrhaphy using catgut.