Neither plasma progesterone concentrations nor exogenous eCG affects rates of ovulation or pregnancy in fixed-time artificial insemination (FTAI) protocols for puberal Nellore heifers
| Autor: | R. L. Ereno, Luzia A. Trinca, M. Figueira Pegorer, R. A. Satrapa, Ciro Moraes Barros, V. G. Pinheiro |
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| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
| Předmět: |
Ovulation
Prostaglandins F medicine.medical_specialty Pregnancy Rate media_common.quotation_subject medicine.medical_treatment Chorionic Gonadotropin chemistry.chemical_compound Animal science Ovulation Induction Food Animals Pregnancy Internal medicine medicine Animals Ovarian follicle Small Animals Insemination Artificial Progesterone media_common Estradiol Equine business.industry Artificial insemination medicine.disease Pregnancy rate medicine.anatomical_structure Endocrinology chemistry Estradiol benzoate Cattle Female Animal Science and Zoology Ovulation induction business |
| Zdroj: | Theriogenology. 75:17-23 |
| ISSN: | 0093-691X |
| Popis: | The objective was to evaluate the effects of plasma progesterone (P4) concentrations and exogenous eCG on ovulation and pregnancy rates of pubertal Nellore heifers in fixed-time artificial insemination (FTAI) protocols. In Experiment 1 (Exp. 1), on Day 0 (7 d after ovulation), heifers (n = 15) were given 2 mg of estradiol benzoate (EB) im and randomly allocated to receive: an intravaginal progesterone-releasing device containing 0.558 g of P4 (group 0.5G, n = 4); an intravaginal device containing 1 g of P4 (group 1G, n = 4); 0.558 g of P4 and PGF2α (PGF; 150 μg d-cloprostenol, group 0.5G/PGF, n = 4); or 1 g of P4 and PGF (group 1G/PGF, n = 3). On Day 8, PGF was given to all heifers and intravaginal devices removed; 24 h later (Day 9), all heifers were given 1 mg EB im. In Exp. 2, pubertal Nellore heifers (n = 292) were treated as in Exp. 1, with FTAI on Day 10 (30 to 36 h after EB). In Exp. 3, pubertal heifers (n = 459) received the treatments described for groups 0.5G/PGF and 1G/PGF and were also given 300 IU of eCG im (groups 0.5G/PGF/eCG and 1G/PGF/eCG) at device removal (Day 8). In Exp. 1, plasma P4 concentrations were significantly higher in heifers that received 1.0 vs 0.588 g P4, and were significantly lower in heifers that received PGF on Day 0. In Exp. 2 and 3, there were no significant differences among groups in rates of ovulation (65–77%) or pregnancy (Exp. 2: 26–33%; Exp. 3: 39–43%). In Exp. 3, diameter of the dominant ovarian follicle on Day 9 was larger in heifers given 0.558 g vs 1.0 g P4 (10.3 ± 0.2 vs 9.3 ± 0.2 mm; P < 0.01). In conclusion, lesser amounts of P4 in the intravaginal device or PGF on Day 0 decreased plasma P4 from Days 1 to 8 and increased diameter of the dominant follicle on Day 9. However, neither of these nor 300 IU of eCG on Day 8 significantly increased rates of ovulation or pregnancy. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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