Effect of termination of pregnancy or long-term progestogen exposure on subsequent estrous cycle length and concentration of progesterone in plasma of heifers.

نویسندگان

  • J P Copelin
  • M F Smith
  • H A Garverick
  • R S Youngquist
چکیده

An experiment was conducted to determine whether short estrous cycles following abortion of heifers between 70 and 75 d of gestation are due to factors associated with the previous presence of a conceptus or long-term exposure of the uterus and(or) ovaries to a progestogen. Fifty crossbred heifers were randomly allotted at estrus (d 0) to five groups: control (n = 10), pregnant (Preg.; n = 14), progestogen (norgestomet) implant (Norg.; n = 9), progesterone-releasing intravaginal device (PRID; n = 9), or hysterectomy (Hyst.; n = 8). Control heifers were injected during the mid-luteal phase of an estrous cycle with 25 mg prostaglandin F2 alpha (PGF2 alpha) and length of the subsequent estrous cycle was determined. Beginning 6 to 8 d after estrus, heifers in the Norg. or PRID groups were given norgestomet ear implants or intravaginal coils, respectively, every 10 d for 70 d. Heifers were hysterectomized 5 to 8 d after estrus. Seventy to 75 d after conception, progestogen treatment or hysterectomy, heifers were injected (i.m.) with 25 mg PGF2 alpha and the last norgestomet ear implants or PRIDs were removed. Interval from PGF2 alpha injection to first estrus (means +/- SE) ranged from 2.5 +/- .2 to 4.4 +/- .7 d (P greater than .05). Length of the first estrous cycle means +/- SE) following PGF2 alpha-induced luteolysis or progestogen withdrawal was shorter (P less than .01) for the Preg. group (8.2 +/- .4 d) than for the control, Norg. and PRID groups (21.5 +/- .6 d; 19.3 +/- 1.4 d; and 18.2 +/- 1.3 d, respectively).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Journal of animal science

دوره 67 6  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1989