Study concerning the prevalence of ovarian diseases in Aberdeen angus cows

Abstract

Infertility in cows is one of the major problems with great economic implications. The purpose of this study was to identify by global and individual gynecological investigation major ovarian diseases and to determinate their incidence in the relation with hot season at Aberdeen Angus cows. The study was carried out in June 2019 in private unit in Timis county, Romania, on a number of 93 Aberdeen Angus cows in order to determine the prevalence of different ovarian diseases at this breed in a summer season. Gynecological investigations were performed in order to establish the prevalence of ovarian diseases in the summer season. The results showed different pathological entity variation. Thus, 50.22% of the animals taken into study presented ovarian hypofunction, 27.9 % presented corpus luteum , 0.93% polycystic ovary with uterine adherences and 7.44% ovarian follicle.