Effect of ketoprofen treatment on the uterine inflammatory response after AI of jennies with frozen semen》.pdfVIP

Theriogenology 79 (2013) 1019–1026 Contents lists available at SciVerse ScienceDirect Theriogenology journal homepage: Effect of ketoprofen treatment on the uterine inflammatory response after AI of jennies with frozen semen K. Vilés a, R. Rabanal a, b, M. Rodríguez-Prado c, J. Miró a, * a Equine Reproduction Service, Department of Animal Medicine and Surgery, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain b Center for Animal Biotechnology and Gene Therapy, Department of Animal Medicine and Surgery, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain c Animal Nutrition, Management and Welfare Research Group, Department of Food and Animal Science, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: Artificial insemination (AI) involving the placing of frozen-thawed semen directly into the Received 9 October 2012 jenny uterine body is associated with very low pregnancy rates. This might be because of an Received in revised form 7 January 2013 exacerbation of the acute response of the endometrium to sperm, as seen in mares with Accepted 8 January 2013 persistent induced mating endometritis. Pregnancy rates can be increased in such mares, however, by including anti-inflammatory treatments in the insemination protocol (Bucca S, Keywords: Carli A, Buckley T, Dolci G, Fogarty U. The use of d