Effect of progesterone administration during growing phase of first dominant follicle on follicular wave pattern in buffalo heifers.
Buffalo heifers
Fertility
Follicular wave
Interovulatory interval
Progesterone
Journal
Tropical animal health and production
ISSN: 1573-7438
Titre abrégé: Trop Anim Health Prod
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 1277355
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
May 2020
May 2020
Historique:
received:
26
06
2019
accepted:
31
10
2019
pubmed:
4
12
2019
medline:
21
10
2020
entrez:
3
12
2019
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
In buffaloes, like other domestic mammals, antral follicles develop in a wave-like pattern. Factors predictive of a particular follicular wave pattern are yet to be identified. In this study, we examined the preponderance of 2- versus 3-wave patterns in 46 interovulatory intervals (IOIs) from 36 buffalo heifers, in which a subset of 10 heifers was scanned for 2 consecutive IOIs to record the repeatability of follicular wave pattern. Two-wave pattern was detected in 63.0% and 3-wave follicular pattern in 27.0% IOIs. The dominant follicles (DF) of both wave 1 as well as the ovulatory wave attained a smaller (P < 0.05) maximum diameter in 3-wave cycle as compared to 2-wave cycle. The mean duration of IOI was significantly shorter in 2-wave compared to three-wave cycles (20.5 ± 0.3 vs. 22.3 ± 0.2 days; P < 0.05). Out of 10 buffalo heifers, 7 displayed non-alternating patterns and 3 had alternating follicular wave patterns. We also tested the hypothesis that progesterone administration during early IOI results in increased preponderance of 3-wave pattern and heifers inseminated after ovulation of the third wave DF will have greater fertility. Sixteen heifers subjected to progesterone treatment from D0 (day of ovulation) in a decreasing dose until D5 were compared with control heifers (n = 10). Progesterone treatment significantly reduced the maximum diameter of DF of wave 1 (P < 0.001), whereas the mean duration of IOI remained unchanged (P > 0.05) between the two groups. Progesterone administration during early IOI significantly increased the proportion of 3-wave cycles as compared to control (P < 0.05). The hypothesis that progesterone administration during IOI results in increased preponderance of 3-wave pattern was supported. However, no change in fertility was recorded in progesterone-treated heifers (7 pregnant out of 16; 43.8%) as compared to untreated control heifers (4 out of 10 heifers; 40.0%). In summary, progesterone administration in buffalo heifers during the growing phase of wave 1 resulted in greater preponderance of 3-wave follicular patterns, with no significant effect on fertility.
Identifiants
pubmed: 31788749
doi: 10.1007/s11250-019-02143-2
pii: 10.1007/s11250-019-02143-2
doi:
Substances chimiques
Progestins
0
Progesterone
4G7DS2Q64Y
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
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