Due to the peculiarities of the reproductive cycle of the female dog, which makes it difficult to accurately ascertain the date of conception, it may be challenging to precisely estimate the gestational age in bitches. Using fetal measurements obtained by ultrasound, it is possible to estimate the gestational age in dogs; however, due to the differences in size of the various breeds, such estimates may have a significant standard deviation, which represents less accuracy when specifying the date of birth. The purpose of this study was to evaluate pregnant female Chihuahuas, establishing relations between the fetal dimensions measured by ultrasound and the remaining time until delivery. Using 13 pregnant female Chihuahuas, weekly ultrasound assessments and measurements were performed, of the inner chorionic cavity, cranial-caudal length, biparietal diameter, abdominal diameter and thoracic diameter. Such parameters were retroactively correlated to the date of delivery, and linear regressions were established between the gestational measurements and remaining days until delivery. The fetal measurement presenting the highest correlation (r = 0.99; P<0.0001) and reliability (R 2 = 0.98, P<0.0001) with the probable date of delivery was the biparietal diameter, a measurement that can be easily and safely obtained and, when applying a specific formula (Y =-15.46X1 + 38.72), can accurately predict the date of delivery in Chihuahua female dogs.
The present work aimed to evaluate the possible negative regulation induced by Th2 mechanisms, unleashed by the helminth Haemonchus contortus, on the response by cells of the Th1 profile, important to contain the Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis cocobacillus infection, in the concomitant ovine infection by these two parasites. For this, the Th1 response was evaluated in two different experimental infection conditions, using the in vitro production of interferon, which is the most typical cytokine of its profile, from cultures of peripheral blood cells of ovine animals co-infected with these two parasites, compared to their production, under the same conditions, in animals only infected with the said bacterium and using as stimulus two antigen preparations with different degrees of purity. The results evidenced a tendency of reduction in the production of this cytokine in the co-infected animals in relation to those infected with Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis alone, in the two experimental protocols. As for the response by IgG class specific antibodies against this bacterium, evaluated by ELISA and western blot, no differences were observed between groups infected only with bacillus or with double infection.
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