Influence of dietary energy intake on prepubertal development of Brahman bulls3

Autor:	Ronald D. Randel, P.G. Harms, N H McArthur, R.W. Godfrey, Don A Neuendorff, C. J. Nolan, Thomas H. Welsh
Rok vydání:	1990
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty Sire Brahman General Medicine Biology Basal (phylogenetics) Endocrinology Internal medicine Genetics medicine Sexual maturity Animal Science and Zoology medicine.symptom Luteinizing hormone Weight gain Blood urea nitrogen Testosterone Food Science
Zdroj:	Journal of Animal Science. 68:1087-1096
ISSN:	1525-3163 0021-8812
DOI:	10.2527/1990.6841087x
Popis:	Twelve Brahman bulls (paired by sire, weight and age) were assigned randomly and limit fed to gain either .10 to .25 (moderate gain; MG) or .75 to 1.0 (high gain: HG) kg.hd-1.d-1 to examine the effect of dietary energy on onset of puberty. Hip height (HH), scrotal circumference (SC) and serum samples (20 min for 6 h) were obtained at four times (AGE): 0, 56 and 112 d on feed and after appearance of first motile spermatozoa (FS) in the ejaculate of HG bull of the pair. At FS both bulls of a pair were slaughtered, reproductive tissues were collected and in vitro GnRH release from the median eminence (ME) was measured. Increases in BW, HH and SC were greater (P less than .05) in HG bulls. Basal ME GnRH secretion was greater (P less than .05) in HG bulls. Serum LH concentrations were unchanged by energy level (P greater than .10) but increased (P less than .01) with increasing AGE. AGE and energy level increased (P less than .01) basal, mean and total serum testosterone (T) and these two factors acted synergistically (P less than .01). Height and amplitude of T pulses were increased by energy level (P less than .003) and AGE (P less than .002). Testicular T (P less than .08) and development (P less than .05) were increased in HG bulls. Growth hormone peak height and amplitude concentrations following feeding increased with AGE (P less than .06) but were not altered (P greater than .10) by energy level. Serum triglycerides (P less than .03) and BUN (P less than .003) increased with increasing AGE (P greater than .01). These data indicate that dietary energy level influences onset of puberty most directly at the testicular level.
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