Estimativa da fase do ciclo estral de cadelas e gatas em idade fértil, atendidas no Hospital Veterinário da Universidade Federal de Campina Grande - Patos, PB no ano de 2014.

Abstract

The use of vaginal cytology as a tool in order to determine the different stages of the estrous cycle and thus the monitoring of the reproductive cycle is of great importance, and is an important auxiliary tool in various assisted reproduction techniques in small Animas. This work aimed to make an estimate of the phases of the estrous cycle in female dogs and cats met at the Veterinary Hospital (HV/UFCG-CSTR) submitted to ovariohysterectomy (OSH) elective in 2014. We used 36 bitches and 16 female cats, of different age and races, not pregnants, chosen randomly. The animals were identified as to species, breed, age and reprodutive history. Then, they were subjected to vaginal cytology to identify the stage of the estrous cycle. Bitches, three (8.3%) were in proestrus phase; six (16.7%) in the diestrus phase and one (2.8%) in estrus. There was a higher percentage (72.2%) of the bitches anestrus phase. Of the 16 female cats evaluated nine (56.2%) were in stage anestrus five (31.2%) in diestrus and two (12.5%) in proestrus. It can be concluded that vaginal cytology could differentiate stages of the estrous cycle by the detection of cell changes of the vaginal mucosa and epithelium differentiate the estrogenic phase progesteronic phase of the cycle even in bitches and female cats who do not know where the historical the previous estrous cycles.