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The Pregnancy Diagnosis in Buffalo Species: Laboratory Methods
ISSN: 1927 - 520X
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The Pregnancy Diagnosis in Buffalo Species: Laboratory Methods
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Publisher: Lifescience Global Inc.
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IAA.ZONE/192710658520X
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Abstract
Pregnancy diagnosis plays an important role in the reproduction management of ruminants since embryonicmortality has a substantial impact on the fertility of a herd. Most of the embryonic losses occur during the first days afterfertilization and during the process of implantation. So it is very important to discriminate, with an early pregnancydiagnosis, non-pregnant from pregnant animals. Hormone analysis to detect pregnancy may be utilize as a more simpletechnique as an alternative of rectal palpation or ultrasound. In the last years, a large polymorphic family of placentaexpressedproteins has been discovered in ruminant species and used for pregnancy diagnosis. Members of this familyare named pregnancy-associated glycoproteins (PAG), being synthesized in the mono-and binucleate cells of theruminant's trophectoderm. Part of them is released in the maternal blood circulation where they can be assayed bydifferent laboratory techniques...
