title: Recording uterine motility in the nonanesthetized bitch.
abstract: Spontaneous and drug-induced uterine motility (UM) was recorded in 5 nonanesthetized bitches for 2 to 4 days. Catheter-tip pressure transducers were surgically implanted in 1 uterine horn, tunneled subcutaneously to exit from the skin over the dorsal lumbar area, and protected by a bandage. On the day after implantation, spontaneous UM was recorded in the awake bitch. Effects of IV prostaglandin (PG) F2 alpha (5 micrograms/kg of body weight) and oxytocin (0.05 USP U/kg) and IM PGF2 alpha (25 micrograms/kg) were measured. Estradiol (1 to 25 micrograms/kg) was administered and the study was repeated 24 hours later. In awake bitches, spontaneous UM was 190% greater than UM in anesthetized bitches. Uterine motility was increased by more than 100% after IV PGF2 alpha or oxytocin and by 52% after IM PGF2 alpha. Estradiol abolished spontaneous UM, but did not affect drug-induced responses. Seemingly, spontaneous and drug-induced UM can be documented in the nonanesthetized bitch.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004285:Dogs / Q000502:physiology*; D004958:Estradiol / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D005260:Female; D010121:Oxytocin / Q000494:pharmacology; D011460:Prostaglandins F / Q000494:pharmacology; D011897:Random Allocation; D014590:Uterine Contraction / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D011460:Prostaglandins F; D004958:Estradiol; D010121:Oxytocin; C007630:estradiol 17 beta-cypionate