DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF BOVINE FOLLICL E LUTEIN CYSTS

In this report which includes a literature review and the presentation of own experiments, the significance of bovine follicle lutein cysts as a factor in subfertility was evaluated. In clinical investigations we could observe oestrus cycle dependent regression of lutein cysts li ke a corpora lutea cyclica. Thus, follicle lutein cysts are the cause of an anovulatory cycle and only therefore a causal factor of short-te rm subfertility. Only in the simultaneous presence of serious chronic endometritis or pyometra and for a fixed-time insemination in case of silent heat the treatment with prostaglandin F-2 alpha is indicated.