Study of the recurrence of hydrometers in majorera goats in a farm in the southeast of the island of Gran Canaria.

Abstract

Currently the goat sector in the Canary Islands has a census of approximately 220,000 head of cattle. The importance of this livestock sub-sector lies mainly in the volume of economic activity it generates in the formation of products such as milk, cheese and meat. There are some pathologies that can affect the mainly dairy production of these animals such as hydrometra, pyometra, mucometra, endometriosis, endometritis, metritis, etc. Hydrometra is a pathological state that compromises the productivity of the affected animal. It is defined as the accumulation of aseptic serous fluid in the uterine cavity, with the same symptoms as a pregnant goat. In the goat this is a pathological state that puts milk production at risk, and this is seriously reduced. In this study, data were collected from a farm in the southeast of the island of Gran Canaria, resulting in 71% fertility and 29% recurrence, after his treatment. This farm had heads of cattle of the Majorera breed which were used to obtain milk and meat