02146nam a2200361 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001910000170006024501070007726002460018452009760043065000240140665000090143065000100143965000140144965000100146365000200147365000190149365000120151265000140152465000100153865000150154865000240156365300220158765300230160970000220163270000200165470000190167470000210169370000210171470000270173570000220176220951082019-09-23       2018    bl uuuu     u00u1 u    #d1 aBRAIR, V. L.  aVaginal cytology as a tool to predict the time of ovulation in goats and sheep.h[electronic resource]  aAnimal Reprodroduction, v. 15, n. 3, p. 492, Jul./Sept. 2018. Abstracts A202. Edição dos Proceedings of the 32nd Annual Meeting of the Brazilian Embryo Technology Society (SBTE); Florianópolis, SC, Brazil, August 16th to 18th, 2018.c2018  aThe detection of ovulation is of great importance for the use of reproductive biotechnologies in small ruminants. The ovulation is efficiently determined by ultrasound (US), equipment that is not always available and of relatively high cost. Therefore, the aim of this study was to identify the efficacy of vaginal cytology as a tool to determine the ovulation time in these species. The study was carried out during the non-breeding season, in Coronel Pacheco, Minas Gerais (21°35'S and 43°15'W). In sheep, the standard chosen was anucleated, but it had a high CV (23.7%), which led to non-high accuracy (66.7%). Therefore, PPV and NPV were 26% and 88%, respectively; the specificity was 45% and 64% at 24 h and 12 h before ovulation respectively; and finally, the sensitivity at the moment of ovulation was 55%. It can be concluded that the vaginal cytology may be an efficient tool to determine the moment of ovulation in goats, however it is less accurate in sheep.  aAnimal reproduction  aEwes  aGoats  aOvulation  aSheep  aUltrasonography  aVaginal mucosa  aCaprino  aCitologia  aOvino  aOvulação  aReprodução Animal  aCitologia vaginal  aOvarian echography1 aSCHMIDT, A. P. P.1 aFIGUEIRA, L. M.1 aVERGANI, G. B.1 aDIÓGENES, Y. P.1 aRANGEL, P. S. C.1 aSOUZA-FABJAN, J. M. G.1 aFONSECA, J. F. da