Transrectal Doppler sonography of uterine blood flow during the first two weeks after parturition in Simmenthal heifers

Transrectal Doppler sonography was used to evaluate uterine blood flow during the first two weeks after parturition in six primiparous Simmental cows. The uterine blood flow was evaluated on the day of parturition (Day 0), once daily from Days 1 to 8 and then every other day until Day 14. Blood flow was quantified by determining the diameter (D), the time-averaged maximum velocity (TAMV), the pulsatility index (PI) and the blood flow volume (BFV) of the uterine arteries ipsilateral and contralateral to the formerly pregnant uterine horn. During the first four days after calving D, TAMV and BFV declined (ipsilateral: TAMV 70%, BFV 87%, contralateral: D 47%, BFV 84%; p < 0.05), while PI increased (ipsilateral 158%, contralateral 100%; p < 0.05) distinctly. Between Days 4 and 14 only the ipsilateral D (12%) and the BFV of both arteries (ipsilateral 5%, contralateral 8%) decreased (p < 0.05). Blood flow variables were very strongly correlated with each other (r > ±0.75, p < 0.05), with negative correlations with PI and positive correlations with all other investigated factors. Overall, this study revealed characteristic changes in uterine perfusion during the first two weeks after parturition in cows that were pronounced during the first four days postpartum.

• Publication year

  2013

• Venue

  Journal of Veterinary Sciences

• Publication date

  2013-09-01

• Fields of study

  Agricultural and Food Sciences, Medicine

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.4142/jvs.2013.14.3.323PMID 23820167PMCID 3788158
• External record

  Open on Semantic Scholar

• Source metadata

  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

• No claims are published for this paper.

• No concepts are published for this paper.

• Transrectal Doppler sonography of uterine blood flow during the first 12 weeks after parturition in healthy dairy cows.

  2009cited by this paper
• Uterine blood flow during the first 3 weeks of pregnancy in dairy cows.

  2008cited by this paper
• Transrectal Doppler sonography for evaluation of uterine blood flow throughout pregnancy in 13 cows.

  2006cited by this paper
• A rational basis for therapy in the sick postpartum cow.

  2005cited by this paper
• Transrectal Doppler sonography of uterine blood flow in cows during pregnancy.

  2002cited by this paper
• Influence of puerperal uterine infection on uterine involution and postpartum ovarian activity in dairy cows.

  2002cited by this paper
• [Suitability of sonographic evaluation of ovarian dynamics and uterine involution for prediction of postpartum fertility in the cow].

  2002cited by this paper
• Transrectal Doppler sonography of uterine blood flow.

  2000cited by this paper
• Transrectal Doppler sonography of uterine blood flow in cows during the estrous cycle

  2000cited by this paper
• Uterine blood flow velocity waveforms during early postpartum course following caesarean section.

  1997cited by this paper
• Theriogenology

  1995cited by this paper
• Ultrasonography of the bovine postpartum uterus with retained fetal membranes.

  1994cited by this paper
• A longitudinal Doppler ultrasonographic assessment of the alterations in peripheral vascular resistance of uterine arteries and ultrasonographic findings of the involuting uterus during the puerperium.

  1993cited by this paper
• Postpartum resumption of ovarian activity and uterine involution monitored by ultrasonography in Holstein cows.

  1993cited by this paper
• Energy balance and size and number of ovarian follicles detected by ultrasonography in early postpartum dairy cows.

  1991cited by this paper
• Understanding the processes of placental separation and uterine involution.

  1991cited by this paper
• Postpartum blood flow velocity waveforms of the uterine arteries.

  1988cited by this paper
• [Involution-induced changes in arterial uterine blood flow].

  1988cited by this paper
• Ultrasonic observation of postpartum uterine involution in the cow.

  1987cited by this paper
• Relationship of 15-keto-13,14-dihydro-prostaglandin F2 alpha concentrations in peripheral plasma with local uterine production of F series prostaglandins and changes in uterine blood flow during the early postpartum period of cattle.

  1984cited by this paper
• Reproductive traits of Holsteins and Jerseys. Effects of age, milk yield, and clinical abnormalities on involution of cervix and uterus, ovulation, estrous cycles, detection of estrus, conception rate, and days open.

  1983cited by this paper
• A review of postpartum ovarian activity and involution of the uterus and cervix in cattle.

  1969cited by this paper
• Uterus of the cow after parturition: involutional changes.

  1968influential reference
• Uterus of the cow after parturition: involutional changes.

  1968cited by this paper

• Spectral Doppler assessment of middle uterine artery hemodynamics across the estrous cycle in Tharparkar cows

  2026cites this paper
• Transrectal Doppler Characterization of Uterine Vascular Dynamics In Buffaloes With Clinical Metritis and Subsequent Recovery

  2026cites this paper
• Effects of natural mating, artificial insemination and intravaginal deposition of raw semen or seminal plasma on vaginal and uterine blood flow in German Holstein cows

  2024cites this paper
• Application of Color Doppler Ultrasound in Egyptian Buffalo Reproduction

  2023cites this paper
• Impact of parity on carcase and metabolic markers associated with oxidative stress during uterine involution in periparturient goat

  2023cites this paper
• Ultrasonographic Screening of Dairy Cows with Normal Uterine Involution or Developing Postpartum Uterine Disease Using B-Mode, Color, and Spectral Doppler

  2023cites this paper
• Applied Use of Doppler Ultrasonography in Bovine Reproduction

  2022cites this paper
• Correlation between Uterine Hemodynamics, Sex Steroid Hormone Concentrations, and Enzymatic Antioxidant Levels in Postpartum Buffaloes

  2022cites this paper
• The vaginal and uterine blood flow changes during the ovsynch program and its impact on the pregnancy rates in Holstein dairy cows

  2022cites this paper
• Use of endometrial vascular perfusion by color Doppler, B-mode ultrasonography and cytology for diagnosis of subclinical endometritis in Holstein cows.

  2020cites this paper
• Assessment of the bovine uterus with endometritis using Doppler ultrasound

  2019cites this paper
• Uterine artery flow velocity waveform, arterial flow indices, follicular dynamics, and sex hormones during preovulatory period in synchronized ovulatory cycle of Bos indicus beef cows.

  2018cites this paper
• Effect of exogenous estradiol Benzoate on uterine blood flow in postpartum dairy cows.

  2018cites this paper
• Hemodynamics of the uterine and umbilical arteries during the perinatal period in ewes.

  2018cites this paper
• Transrectal Doppler sonography of uterine blood flow in ewes during pregnancy.

  2017cites this paper
• Uterine Vascular Perfusion and Involution During the Postpartum Period in Mares

  2017cites this paper
• Uterine blood flow in sheep and goats during the peri-parturient period assessed by transrectal Doppler sonography.

  2017cites this paper
• Uterine haemodynamic, vascularization and blood pressure changes along the oestrous cycle in bitches.

  2017influential citation
• Evaluation of changes in blood flow of the uterine artery by Doppler ultrasonography during the estrous cycle in lactating Bos indicus cows.

  2017cites this paper
• Effect of xylazine, isoxsuprine and lildocaine on Doppler sonographic uterine and umbilical blood flow measurements in cows during the last month of pregnancy

  2017cites this paper
• Effects of induced endometritis on uterine blood flow in cows as evaluated by transrectal Doppler sonography

  2016cites this paper
• Ultrasonographic Doppler Use for Female Reproduction Management.

  2016cites this paper
• Investigations of mammary and uterine blood flow in relation to milk yield, postpartum disease, and pregnancy result in dairy cows.

  2016cites this paper
• Effect of oxytocin and PGF2α on chlortetracycline absorption from the uterus of early postpartum camels (Camelus dromedarius).

  2015cites this paper
• Colour Doppler Ultrasonography as a Tool to Assess Luteal Function in Santa Inês Ewes.

  2015cites this paper
• Technical note: The use of a sonomicrometry system for monitoring uterine involution in postpartum dairy cows.

  2015cites this paper
• Herd monitoring to optimise fertility in the dairy cow: making the most of herd records, metabolic profiling and ultrasonography (research into practice).

  2014cites this paper
• The effect of puerperal uterine disease on uterine involution in cows assessed by Doppler sonography of the uterine arteries.

  2013cites this paper
• Effects of caesarean section on serum levels of NT‐proBNP

  2013cites this paper