Evidence map›Paper›PMID 41451339›Full record

ArticleFrontiers in veterinary science2025

Clinical significance of the overgrown follicles in dromedary camels: prevalence, risks, hemodynamics and response to prostaglandin F2α.

Ahmed Ali, Derar R Derar, Yousef M Alharbi

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Frontiers in veterinary science, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
0citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Ahmed AliDepartment of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Qassim University, Buraydah, Saudi Arabia.
Derar R DerarDepartment of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Qassim University, Buraydah, Saudi Arabia.
Yousef M AlharbiDepartment of Medical Biosciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Qassim University, Buraydah, Saudi Arabia.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Aim: This study investigated the prevalence, associated risk factors, hemodynamic characteristics, and response to prostaglandin F₂ Materials and methods: In Experiment 1, 338 females were examined for breeding soundness during the breeding season to determine the prevalence and risk factors of OVGFs (>2 cm in diameter). In Experiment 2, 45 females were categorized by follicular structure and scanned with spectral Doppler ultrasonography. In Experiment 3, 14 barren females with OVGFs were given PG treatment and monitored for hormonal changes and fertility outcomes. Results: OVGFs were found in 16.6% of the camels examined, with single (55.5%), double (35.7%), and triple (8.9%) follicles. The majority of affected ovaries contained growing or mature follicles (60.6%) or corpora lutea (3.7%), while 35.7% lacked any additional structures. OVGFs were linked to ovarian hydrobursitis (OVHB, 50%), clinical endometritis (CE, 35.7%), normal genitalia (12.5%), and pregnancy (1.8%). Significant risk factors were OVHB (OR = 27.5; Conclusion: In conclusion, overgrown follicles are relatively frequent in dromedary camels and are frequently associated with genital pathologies, particularly ovarian hydrobursitis and endometritis. Their variable vascularization and limited response to prostaglandin treatment suggest that OVGFs may be a persistent follicular condition with low therapeutic reversibility, which has implications for camel fertility management.

Indexed as

bloodcamelid reproductionfollicular pathologyinfertilityovaryprostaglandinultrasonography

Identifiers

PMID41451339
PMCPMC12729117

What Socratic holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the Socratic graph.