Inseminação artificial por videolaparoscopia em ovinos: proposição de uma técnica anestésica

Abstract

Sheep farms have been in great expansion in recent years, and in addition to this growth, there was a greater concern of breeders regarding the quality of the animals purchased. The use of biotechnology in particular artificial insemination can accelerate genetic improvement and lead to faster results. In this context, videolaparoscopy is a growing method in biotechnics, especially when it comes to sheep, and because it is an invasive procedure, it requires the animals to be anesthetized, thus, it is necessary to develop an optimal protocol for the procedure. With this in mind, the work was conducted with 08 Santa Inês sheep submitted to routine artificial insemination by videolaparoscopy, thus proposing an efficient and safe anesthetic technique with the use of intravenous total anesthesia (TIVA) to perform the surgical procedure and guarantee the Animal welfare and ensuring success through respiratory, cardiac and temperature monitoring.