Draminski PREGNANCY DETECTOR User manual

MANUAL
BEDIENUNGSANLEITUNG
MODE D’EMPLOI
MANUAL DE USO
РУКОВОДСТВО ПО ЭКСПЛУАТАЦИИ
ISO 9001:2008
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PREGNANCY
DETECTOR (PD)
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
DESIGN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
CHECKING THE DEVICE AND FIRST MEASUREMENTS . . . . . . . . . 7
MEASUREMENTS IN ANIMALS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
FINAL NOTES FOR USERS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
BATTERY REPLACEMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
TECHNICAL DATA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21

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INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 1

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The tester is meant for breeders, veterinarians,
inseminators and advisory services experts. It is very
helpful in situations when it’s necessary to detect
pregnancy fast in its early phase. ULTRASOUND
PREGNANCY DETECTOR is used to conrm
pregnancy in sows, goats and ewes by detecting
amniotic uid in the uterus.
The probe applied to the animal’s skin sends an
ultrasound beam which is reected from uterine
horn lled with uid and returns to the probe,
causing a change of signal generated by the device.
When pregnancy is detected, the sound starts to
pulsate more intensely and a green diode is ashing.
ULTRASOUND PREGNANCY TESTER was designed in
such a way to operate it easily and perform fast and
eective examinations. The device is completely
safe for animals’ health.

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CHAPTER 2
DESIGN

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Connecting cable
Signal diodes
On/o button
A device with a sound generator
Ultrasound probe
(head) Battery compartment at
the bottom of the device
The device is small, light and handy, which makes it easy to use.

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CHECKING THE DEVICE
AND FIRST MEASUREMENTS
CHAPTER 3

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A red diode signals that the battery has discharged.
A green diode is closely linked with the tone signal-
ling. When the power is on, the diode will shine.
When the front of the ultrasound head comes into
a good contact with the animal’s body, the diode
will begin to icker with the same frequency as the
tone signal – about one impulse per second.
Upon detecting pregnancy, diode ickering and fre-
quency of the tone emitted by the sound generator
will increase signicantly - up to 4-5 impulses per sec-
ond.
The ultrasound probe is small and handy, so that it
can be manipulated easily.
Preparing the detector
At the beginning of each examination, a cable con-
necting the probe with the device should be care-
fully connected. Next, the power should be turned
on - this will cause the diode to shine a continuous
light, which indicates that the device is operable
and ready to use.
If during the operation or directly afterwards, the
red diode starts to shine, in addition to the green di-
ode, this means that the battery should be replaced.
The device has an automatic switch o system.
After 3-4 minutes from switching on the device, it
will switch o automatically. It allows for saving the
battery in case of accidental start-up or forgetting
to switch o the device between or after examina-
tions.

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A test to check the operation of the device
After connecting the probe and switching on the de-
vice, a test to check its operation may be performed:
• Moisten the head of the probe and then apply it to
the inner side of your forearm, several centimetres
from the wrist.
• Manipulate the probe as long as an intermittent
signal is heard, which indicated good contact
with the skin (pulsating light and sound - about 1
impulse / sec.). Insucient amount of water may
cause lack of such signal.
• Put the probe tip to a glass of water (at least half
a glass), pointing the ultrasound beam towards the
bottom - the device will start up the same signal as
when pregnancy is detected (intensely pulsating
light and sound, 4-5 impulses per second).
Any other reaction of the device may indicate dam-
age. In such a case you must contact the Dramiński
service centre.

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MEASUREMENTS IN ANIMALS
CHAPTER 4

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Before each examination, date of mating should be
checked up in the documentation and a likely preg-
nancy date specied, which will help to perform the
test at the right time.
• The tip (head) of the probe should be immersed
in moisturising liquid (vaseline oil, liquid paran,
cooking oil or technical oil).
• Moisture the animal’s skin in the appropriate place.
It is necessary for the probe to have a good contact
with the animal’s skin.
• Try to perform the examination at the right time
(see the table).
• If the examination is performed at a very early
stage of pregnancy, it denitely must be repeated
at the right time (see the table).

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Animal
Pregnancy detector
Date of detection (possible) Date of detection (optimum)
Sow 18-75 25-35
Ewe 40-120 60-90
Goat 40 -120 60-90

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How to press the probe
• The probe should be held quite rmly, however it
shouldn’t be pushed too hard in order to avoid sig-
nicant skin deformation.
• Point the ultrasound beam towards the head at
the right angle (see the picture). Pointing the beam
close to a vertical position or backwards may cause
the beam to reect from the full bladder and gen-
erate a false pregnancy result.
• If the moistened probe is placed correctly, the
device will signal good contact with the animal’s
body by changing the light of the green diode
from continuous into regularly ickering one (fre-
quency of 1 second) and a tone signal pulsating
with the same frequency.
• This is when you should delicately move the probe
in dierent directions to penetrate the abdominal
cavity, where ultrasounds will meet the uterine
horn lled with amniotic uid.
• If amniotic uid is detected, the light and sound
signal will start pulsating intensely (with the fre-
quency of 4-5 times per second).
If the result of the test in a particular place is nega-
tive (the signal indicating good contact fails to
change into a more intense one), the examination
should be repeated in another place, rst closer to
the rear leg and then further from it (remember-
ing that both the probe and the skin need to be
well moistened).
If the pregnancy signal is not obtained despite care-
ful penetration of the abdominal cavity, the result
of the examination should be considered negative,
provided that it has been such for three consecu-
tive days.

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Ewe Pig

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The examination should be performed on
a standing animal, at both sides of its body,
starting from the right hand side.
The examination takes up more or less a dozen sec-
onds, or several seconds after some practice.
As far as possible, the animal should be calm and
relaxed during the examination.
The best time to perform the examination is in the
morning, before the animals have eaten and after
they have urinated. Full bladder and stomach (wa-
tering the animal before the examination) may lead
to obtaining a false result (ultrasound beam being
reected not from amniotic uid but from full blad-
der or stomach).
Repeating the test for three consecutive days
ensures that the diagnosis is reliable.

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CHAPTER 5
FINAL NOTES FOR USERS

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• You should avoid moistening and wetting the ca-
ble connector and the probe snap-ons.
• The device may be cleaned with a delicately mois-
tened cloth, but it must be completely dry before
switching it on.
• The device is designed to make the examination
procedure easy.
• The more examinations are performed, the greater
the skills of the user become, and pregnancy de-
tection becomes fast and eective.

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CHAPTER 6
BATTERY REPLACEMENT