Background:
Cystic ovarian degeneration is one of the most frustrating reproductive disorders for farmers as well as Veterinarians. Since the disease treatment protocols are quite costly, involve technicality, and also require multiple visits to the Veterinarian. COD is very common in dairy cattle and its prevalence varies from 5.6 to 18.8%. Prior to the advent of gonadotropins, hormone practitioners used to do manual rupture of the cyst, and many a time that leads to heamorrhage and later ovaro-bursal adhesion might be developed and that leads to infertility. However, now veterinarians are using a Trans-vaginal ultrasonography-guided follicle aspiration unit for cyst ablation/aspiration. But such costly assembly could not be used under field conditions as it requires technical expertise, power supply, and also transport of such machine is difficult. Therefore, a low-cost, handy device which could aspirate/and ablate the cystic follicle would be a great help to field Veterinarians.:
Technology Details:
It was reported that emptying the cyst increased the success rate of the cystic ovarian follicle treatment protocol. Few places in India and abroad veterinarians are using trans-vaginal ultrasonography-guided follicle aspiration (TVFA) for cyst ablation/aspiration. However, operating such equipment requires much technical skill, and also transporting TVFA assembly under field conditions raises the question of its safety and optimal operational function.:
Therefore, a handy easy-to-operate cyst aspiration facility was made so that cystic fluid could be collected and analyzed in the laboratory for various endocrine and biochemical changes in comparison to normal follicular fluid. In a pilot study involving 10 cystic follicle cases wherein ablation, cum aspiration efficiency of the device was 100 percent however, complete recovery (aspiration plus buserelin treatment) took place in 6 cases within 30 to 35 days and successful conception was reported in 5 cases.