Qualidade e Quantidade de Oócitos Caprinos e Ovinos Recuperados por Aspiração e Fatiamento / Quality and Quantity of Goats and Sheep Oocytes Recovered by Bspiration and Slicing

This study aimed to compare the aspiration techniques and slicing ovaries in order to obtain oocytes, byassessing the quantity and quality of oocytes recovered from goat and sheep females slaughtered in São Luís -MA. The ovaries were collected after slaughtering and kept in saline solution at 0.9%, containing 30 µg / mL ofgentamicin sulfate. In the laboratory the ovaries were randomly divided into two groups with subsequent processof aspiration and slicing. The average rate of oocyte retrieval by aspiration technique were 4,53 oocytes/ovaryin sheeps and 4,11 oocytes/ovary in goats, and by the slicing technique 5,26 oocytes/ovary in sheeps and 5,06oocytes/ovary in goats. It was not observed a significant difference between the recovery rate between species,however there was statistical difference between the techniques on goats, therefore demonstrating that the twotechniques can be used for oocyte retrieval.(AU)

Eficiência reprodutiva de vacas Nelore submetidas à IATF com protocolos DIB® e Crestar® e suas variações / Reproductive efficiency of Nelore cows submitted to FTAI with DIB® and Crestar® protocols and their variations

The economic efficacy of beef cattle is linked to the production of calves, which are destined to the meatproduction or replacement of the herd. Therefore the reproductive efficiency of the bovine females is shown to beof great importance, mainly in relation to occurrence of the gestations at certain moments during thereproductive season. Fixed Time Artificial Insemination (FTAI) is a biotechnology that optimizes thereproductive management and guarantees satisfactory results. In this context, this research aimed to evaluateovulation synchronization protocols (Crestar®, DIB® and variations) used in breeding season, verifying thereproductive efficiency of Nelore cows submitted to FTAI. The results obtained from the FTAI program arewithin the predicted average, in which cows submitted to the DIB + BE protocol, used in the latter group,showed the best result, with a mean of 55.8% conception rate, being considered the most satisfactory within the four protocols used.

Qualidade e Quantidade de Oócitos Caprinos e Ovinos Recuperados por Aspiração e Fatiamento / Quality and Quantity of Goats and Sheep Oocytes Recovered by Bspiration and Slicing

This study aimed to compare the aspiration techniques and slicing ovaries in order to obtain oocytes, byassessing the quantity and quality of oocytes recovered from goat and sheep females slaughtered in São Luís -MA. The ovaries were collected after slaughtering and kept in saline solution at 0.9%, containing 30 µg / mL ofgentamicin sulfate. In the laboratory the ovaries were randomly divided into two groups with subsequent processof aspiration and slicing. The average rate of oocyte retrieval by aspiration technique were 4,53 oocytes/ovaryin sheeps and 4,11 oocytes/ovary in goats, and by the slicing technique 5,26 oocytes/ovary in sheeps and 5,06oocytes/ovary in goats. It was not observed a significant difference between the recovery rate between species,however there was statistical difference between the techniques on goats, therefore demonstrating that the twotechniques can be used for oocyte retrieval.

Eficiência reprodutiva de vacas Nelore submetidas à IATF com protocolos DIB® e Crestar® e suas variações / Reproductive efficiency of Nelore cows submitted to FTAI with DIB® and Crestar® protocols and their variations

The economic efficacy of beef cattle is linked to the production of calves, which are destined to the meatproduction or replacement of the herd. Therefore the reproductive efficiency of the bovine females is shown to beof great importance, mainly in relation to occurrence of the gestations at certain moments during thereproductive season. Fixed Time Artificial Insemination (FTAI) is a biotechnology that optimizes thereproductive management and guarantees satisfactory results. In this context, this research aimed to evaluateovulation synchronization protocols (Crestar®, DIB® and variations) used in breeding season, verifying thereproductive efficiency of Nelore cows submitted to FTAI. The results obtained from the FTAI program arewithin the predicted average, in which cows submitted to the DIB + BE protocol, used in the latter group,showed the best result, with a mean of 55.8% conception rate, being considered the most satisfactory within the four protocols used.(AU)