İneklerde Ovaryum Kistlerinin Tanısı, Tedavisi ve Korunma Yöntemleri

Yıl 2022, Cilt: 11 Sayı: 2, 121 - 136, 16.12.2022

Gulseda Karsavuranoğlu , Mustafa Kemal Sarıbay , Ahmet Gözer , Onur Bahan

Öz

Süt ineği işletmelerinde fertilite açısından temel hedef, doğumdan sonra en uygun zamanda tohumlama yapılarak yılda bir buzağı alınmasıdır. Bu amaç doğrultusunda postpartum dönemde ineklerin genital organ muayenelerinin rutin kontrolleri en kısa zamanda yapılarak herhangi bir anormallik olup olmadığı tespit edilmelidir. Aksi takdirde infertilite problemlerinin zamanında tespit edilememesine bağlı olarak oluşan büyük ekonomik kayıplar işletmelerin sürdürülebilirliğini tehlikeye sokmaktadır. Ovaryum kistleri ineklerde postpartum dönemde yaygın olarak görülen, hem doğum-gebe kalma süresinin uzamasına hem de tedavi ve hekim masraflarının artmasına bağlı olarak önemli ekonomik kayıplara yol açabilen infertilite nedenlerindendir. Bu derlemede, ineklerde ovaryum kistlerinin etiyoloji, patogenez, tanı, tedavi ve korunma yöntemleri ile ilgili güncel bilgilere yer verilmeye çalışılmıştır.

Anahtar Kelimeler

İnek, ovaryum kist, tanı, tedavi, korunma

Kaynakça

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