Development of a self-contained,indwelling vaginal temperature probe for use in cattle research |
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Authors: | NC Burdick JA Carroll JW Dailey RD Randel SM Falkenberg TB Schmidt |
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Institution: | 1. USDA-ARS, Livestock Issues Research Unit, Lubbock, TX 79403, USA;2. Texas AgriLife Research, Texas A&M System, Overton, TX 75684, USA;3. Department of Animal and Dairy Sciences, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS 39762, USA |
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Abstract: | A device was developed to monitor the vaginal temperature of cattle in a research setting. This device decreases labor involved with monitoring body temperature compared with manual temperature readings, allows for continuous monitoring of vaginal temperature at 1 min intervals, and also allows for temperature measurements without the presence of a human handler or without restraint, which can agitate cattle. The device consists of a blank controlled internal drug release (CIDR) device (designed by Pfizer Animal Health as an indwelling vaginal probe) that holds an indwelling vaginal temperature probe logger. The fabrication of the vaginal probe costs approximately US $325 per unit. Similar rectal and vaginal temperature responses to lipopolysaccharide challenge were observed when vaginal and rectal temperatures were measured simultaneously in the same heifer (P>0.05). Additionally, rectal and vaginal temperatures were highly correlated (r=0.97; P<0.0001). Similar to the rectal temperature monitoring device, the vaginal device allows for the measurement of vaginal temperature without the potential biases associated with the stress response produced as a reaction to the handling by and (or) presence of humans. The vaginal temperature recording device will provide researchers with an additional inexpensive tool to study physiological responses in female cattle. |
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Keywords: | Cattle Indwelling temperature probe Rectal temperature monitoring Vaginal temperature monitoring |
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