This experiment was conducted to determine the reproductive performance of Arabian ewes treated with short and long-term progesterone devices in addition to low doses of equine chorionic gonadotropin (eCG) during the anoestrus season. A total of 36 ewes were divided into three groups: in group I vaginal sponges (60 mg medroxy progesterone acetate; (MAP)) were applied and removed after 6 days; i...

Progesterone, total oestrogens (mainly conjugated and unconjugated oestrone), prolactin and placental lactogen have been determined during late pregnancy in the peripheral plasma of intact or hypophysectomized ewes after destruction of the foetal pituitary. During the prolongation of gestation due to the removal of the foetal hypophysis, progesterone and placental lactogen remained at a high le...

A sheep farmer's wife who had been assisting with lambing developed an influenza like illness in the 28th week of pregnancy. After five days of malaise she spontaneously delivered a stillborn infant; she became acutely ill during the immediate postpartum period with septicaemic shock, acute renal failure, and disseminated intravascular coagulation. The diagnosis was made by isolation and identi...