RESPONSE OF THE UTERUS TO ABDOMINAL VIBRATIONS IN SHEEP

The transmission of vibration from the abdominal wall to the uterus was examined as a means to begin to look more carefully into the general area of reproductive tract responses during vibration exposure. Four non-pregnant adult ewes were considered in this study. Through a midline abdominal incision, the uterus was identified and retracted sufficiently to insert a miniature accelerometer into the body of the uterus. Spectra were stored on diskette and plotted on a graphics plotter. Finally, the noise floor was measured without stimulation, and used to verify each response.