Animals (Sep 2021)

Postpartum Uterine Involution in Martina Franca Jennies

  • Ippolito De Amicis,
  • Jasmine Fusi,
  • Giuseppe Marruchella,
  • Maria T. Zedda,
  • Andrea Mazzatenta,
  • Domenico Robbe,
  • Augusto Carluccio

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11102762
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 10
p. 2762

Abstract

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This study investigated the postpartum (PP) uterine involution in nine multiparous Martina Franca jennies with at term, normal, and singleton foaling. Transrectal ultrasonography performed at Days 1, 3, 7, 14, 21, and 28 showed that the uterine tip diameters did not differ between the post-pregnant (PPH) and non-post-pregnant uterine horns (NPPH), whereas the diameter of the middle PPH was larger than the NPPH until Day 7 (p p p p p < 0.001), with a decrease at Days 21–28. A marked neutrophils reduction on Day 7 and eosinophil increase from the first three days to Days 7–14 was observed. The results suggest that, in Martina Franca jennies with normal foaling, the PP uterine involution can be considered complete on Day 14.

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