The ultrasonographic pregnancy diagnosis and reproductive evaluation in under 4 month pregnancy in river buffalo in-vitro

This study aimed to evaluate the sizes and dimensions of fetuses and uteruses in under-four-month pregnant river buffalos through ultrasonography by determining their standard values. For the ultrasonographic evaluation of uteruses in under-four-month gravid cows, 24 uteruses of eight age groups were collected from a slaughterhouse and then transported to a laboratory. Each uterus was placed inside a 40-liter water bowl (water bath) and then examined with probes of 6.5 and 8 MHz. The fetal eyeball diameter, skull diameter, lateral and dorsal cotyledon diameters were reported 0.55±0.30 cm, 1.25±0.50 cm, 1.50±1.33 cm, and 1.00±1.10 cm, respectively, in a 47.79±3.41-day-old fetus. The fetal eyeball diameter, skull diameter, lateral and dorsal cotyledon diameters were reported 0.65±0.12 cm, 2.35±1.20 cm, 2.30±1.21 cm, and 2.50±0.65 cm, respectively, in a 76.34±3.4-day-old fetus. The fetal eyeball diameter, skull diameter, lateral and dorsal cotyledon diameters were reported 1.60±0.12 cm, 4.50±1.80 cm, 3.08±0.50 cm, and 3.03±0.75 cm, respectively, in a 105.7±3.2-day-old fetus.  In general, the research results indicated the critical role of ultrasonography as an early diagnostic method for determining the sizes and dimensions of fetuses and uteruses in under-four-month pregnant river buffalos and obtaining their standard values.