Coleta transcervical de embriões em ovinos da raça Dorper no semiárido do Nordeste Brasileiro

Abstract

The effect of intravaginal misoprostol application on the cervical expansion in Dorper ewes was evaluated to make feasible the transcervical embryo recovery. Sixty-eight female donors were synchronized with an impregnated vaginal device of progesterone; superovulated with FSHp; inseminated by laparoscopy technique with fresh semen, 36 hours after the removal of impregnated vaginal device; and submitted to transcervical embryo recovery. The ewes were arranged in two treatments: treatment 1 (n=10), representing the control group, without intravaginal misoprostol application before embryo recovery; and treatment 2 (n=58), with application of 200μg of misoprostol in the vagine, five hours before the embryo recovery. The control group did not allow the cervical transposition, making unfeasible the recovery. Animals from treatment 2 reached 94.8% of cervical transposition, resulting in significant (P<0.05) difference between treatments. The described recovery technique was accomplished in a mean time of 30.14±9.00 minutes, allowing a mean recovery of 6.02±3.61 of embryos per animal. It was concluded that the transcervical technique, with previous intravaginal misoprostol application, was a feasible method to recover embryos of Dorper ewes.