Les kystes folliculaires chez la vache laitière : évaluation échographique de l'efficacité d'un traitement par les progestagènes et relation avec l'inflammation génitale

Le kyste folliculaire pathologique est une affection courante chez la vache laitière, entrainant des troubles de la reproduction. L’efficacité d’un traitement à base du progestagène « CRESTAR SO® » a été évaluée grâce à un suivi échographique. Le lien entre les kystes folliculaires pathologiques et l’inflammation génitale, ainsi que l’effet du progestagène sur cette inflammation, ont été étudiés en réalisant des cytologies cervicales et utérines. 40 vaches Prim’Holstein ont été incluses dans l’étude dont 19 avec un kyste folliculaire pathologique. Le taux d’œstrus chez les 11 animaux traités est de 54,5 % contre 50 % pour les non-traités. Le taux d’ovulation est de 81,8 % pour les traités et 50 % pour les non-traités. Aucun lien n’a été établi entre l’inflammation génitale et la présence de kyste folliculaire pathologique. Il n’y a pas eu de mise en évidence d’effet du progestagène sur le pourcentage de granulocytes neutrophiles des prélèvements utérins et cervicaux

Les kystes folliculaires chez la vache laitière (évaluation échographique de l'efficacité d'un traitement par les progestagènes et relation avec l'inflammation génitale)

Le kyste folliculaire pathologique est une affection courante chez la vache laitière, entrainant des troubles de la reproduction. L efficacité d un traitement à base du progestagène CRESTAR SO® a été évaluée grâce à un suivi échographique. Le lien entre les kystes folliculaires pathologiques et l inflammation génitale, ainsi que l effet du progestagène sur cette inflammation, ont été étudiés en réalisant des cytologies cervicales et utérines. 40 vaches Prim Holstein ont été incluses dans l étude dont 19 avec un kyste folliculaire pathologique. Le taux d œstrus chez les 11 animaux traités est de 54,5 % contre 50 % pour les non-traités. Le taux d ovulation est de 81,8 % pour les traités et 50 % pour les non-traités. Aucun lien n a été établi entre l inflammation génitale et la présence de kyste folliculaire pathologique. Il n y a pas eu de mise en évidence d effet du progestagène sur le pourcentage de granulocytes neutrophiles des prélèvements utérins et cervicaux.TOULOUSE-EN Vétérinaire (315552301) / SudocSudocFranceF

Role of the horse industry in the regional development in France

In Europe, the horse industry is seldom included in regional development policies. Stakeholders explain this dismiss by the lack of visibility about this sector. In fact, the main difficulties to gather available data can be related to the diversity of horse uses (races, sport and leisure, meat…) and to the contribution of this industry to various sectors such as agriculture, sports and tourism. The aim of this paper is (1) to present data available in national bases in France, and (2) how these data precise the place of the horse industry in the different French regions. The national number of horses is estimated at 1 million animals with significant regional differences. For example, Basse-Normandie is the first French region with a total of 77,000 horses and gathered near 50% of the national livestock for races but only 6% of sport and leisure horses, while Auvergne is the first area for meat production thanks to 5,000 draught mares. The horse industry is well involved in the agricultural sector of these regions, as they both gathered 20% of farms with horses and 20% of horses registered by the agricultural census. Studies in French regions as Languedoc-Roussillon show that the horse industry is also developed in suburban districts where private owners and equestrian structures use small plots left available by the increase of urbanization. These regularly updated data are used in various French contexts as public investments and national CAP implementation. While national and regional policies depend more and more on European regulations, the European horse industry remains invisible despite its obvious role in rural development, probably because of a lack of a Community procedure for the organization of data

Economical assessments of the saddle horse industry in Europe: what tools for common data?

Unlike other animal productions mainly oriented towards food production, the horse industry has no common economic databases at the European level and consequently remains invisible to European stakeholders. In order to try solving this problem, we tested a comparative analysis on key variables (numbers of animals, firms, employments…) published by the saddle horse industry between seven European countries: F-France, G-Germany, UK-United Kingdom, B-Belgium, N-Nederland, S-Sweden and I-Ireland. If all countries pointed out the total amount of horses, only three of them (F, G, I) specified the number of horses specialized in sport and leisure, or for breeding. Each country identified the exact number of licensed riders but estimated a total amount of practitioners without specifying methods. The number of firms varied greatly between countries according to administrative statutes and main activities. The assessment of jobs appeared comparable: 10 to 12 horses to create one full-time in leisure activities (I, S) and only 4 to 5 horses in competition activities (G, I). Finally, two methods were mainly used to assess the global economic weight of this industry: the total turnover of all firms from breeding to the various equestrian activities (F, G, B) or the total expenditures spent by horse owners, horse show spectators and public funds (UK, N, I). This analysis pointed out some obstacles for European professionals to elaborate common databases. The use of economic models (such as input-output analysis) should also help to assess the socio-economic impacts of equine activities at different territorial levels

Is the French SIRE equine information system a good basis for surveillance and epidemiological research? Quality assessment using two surveys

International audienceAccurate demographic knowledge of the equine population is needed to assess and model equine health events. France is one of the few European countries with an operational centralized database (SIRE) recording individual data on all declared equines living in France and on their owners and keepers. Our study aimed to assess SIRE database quality concerning the updating of information by equine owners and keepers with a view to its improvement and use in surveillance and research. Two online surveys were conducted with the participation of 6244 registered keepers and 13,869 owners. Results showed some inconsistencies between SIRE records and survey responses. The inconsistency rate for equines whose castration and death were not registered in the database was 28.7% and 5.9% respectively. Concerning owners, 11% of respondents did not own the reference equine selected considered by the survey, 33% had changed address without updating it in the SIRE. Concerning premises hosting equines, the keeper survey's inconsistency rate was 7.3%, of which 57 respondents had closed and 32 had opened premises without reporting it. Comparatively, the owner survey's inconsistency rate was 40.7% including respondents who owned and hosted an equine without reporting these equine premises, and owners who did not keep any equines on their premises. In conclusion, the SIRE database proved to be a valuable and reliable source for epidemiological research as long as some bias is taken into account. On the contrary, its use in surveillance is currently limited due some shortcomings in updating and/or reporting by owners and keepers