Fetal Electrocardiogram in Japanese Black Cows
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In order to record the fetal electrocardiogram of cattle under clinical conditions, an adaptor unit which makes a connection with the routine electrocardiograph was tentatively manufactured. A preamplifier (Fig.1) and a fetal lead selector for four electrodes (Fig. 2) were put together in a unit box, which weighed 800 g and was 20×15×6 cm in size (Fig.3). The preamplifier had the following characteristics: input inpedance, 5MΩ×2; maximum sensitivity, 50μv/mV at the time constant 0.01 sec; S/N, 90 db; calibration, 50 uV; current consumption, 4mA; frequency characteristic, 0.5-70Hz±3 db; and battery, 5.2 V Mallory H4D×2 (±10.4 V). The output from the unit joined the external input of the routine elctrocardiograph. The fetal electrodes made a connection with the input terminals of the unit. Attenaution of the output was controlled by an attenuator in the electrocardiograph.<BR>Ten pregnant cows of the Japanese Black breed at 172-294 days of pregnancy were examined in a small barn of the respective owner. In all of them, except cow No. 2, low noise fetal electrocardiograms with an enough amplitude were obtained (Figs.5 & 6). They were of the same pattern as the fetal electrocardiograms of dairy cows. No fetal heart rate showed any remarkable change with the advance in fetal age.<BR>In cow No. 10, which was quite near to the parturition, the P, QRS, and T waves of the fetal electrocardiogram could be observed with a high amplitude by recording at the time constant 0.01 and 0.3 sec (Fig.7). In this cow, labor attacks were seen frequently for recording. Fetal bradycardia of short duration was observed before, during, and after each attack (Fig. 8). In the intermittent stage between labor attacks, fetal arrhythmia was also seen. When recorded 30 hours and 30 days after parturition, the electrocardiograms of the calf presented a normal heart rhythm and a normal pattern. Therefore, fetal arrhythmia appearing near birth was considered to be a physiological reaction to the labor of the fetus.
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