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ArticleJournal of feline medicine and surgery2022

Anti-Müllerian hormone as a diagnostic tool to identify queens with ovarian remnant syndrome.

Ulrike Flock, Stine Fischer, Jasmin Weeger, Sven Reese, Beate Walter

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Article in Journal of feline medicine and surgery, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ulrike FlockClinic of Small Animal Surgery and Reproduction at the Centre for Clinical Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany.
Stine FischerClinic of Small Animal Surgery and Reproduction at the Centre for Clinical Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany.
Jasmin WeegerClinic of Small Animal Surgery and Reproduction at the Centre for Clinical Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany.
Sven ReeseChair of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, Department of Veterinary Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-4605-9791
Beate WalterClinic of Small Animal Surgery and Reproduction at the Centre for Clinical Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-3570-6620
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesOvarian remnant syndrome (ORS) is suspected when heat signs occur in spayed individuals, but further diagnostic procedures are necessary to exclude other possible oestrogen sources, such as the adrenal gland or exogenous supplementation. Anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH), secreted by granulosa cells or Sertoli cells, serves to differentiate sexually intact from gonadectomised animals and has been described in dogs as a tool for diagnosing ORS. The aim of this study was to evaluate if AMH determination can be used to diagnose ORS in cats.

methodsAMH was measured with a chemiluminescence immunoassay in serum samples of 15 sexually intact, 9 spayed and 16 cats with a history of heat signs after spaying. Abdominal ultrasound (n = 13), vaginal smears (n = 7), progesterone measurement (n = 5) and laparotomy (n = 14) were used to determine the presence of ovarian tissue. After surgery, a histological examination of the obtained tissue was performed in the cats with suspected ORS.

resultsIn 15 cats with ORS the AMH serum concentrations were significantly higher than in spayed cats (n = 10; CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE: A single determination of AMH in blood serum is a useful diagnostic tool for the diagnosis of ORS in cats, regardless of the hormonal activity of the remnant ovarian tissue.

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Anti-Mullerian HormoneProgesteroneAnimalsCatsDogsFemaleOvaryUltrasonographyAnti-Mullerian HormoneProgesteronecastrationheat signsoestrusspaying

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