Injectable progesterone in 13-month-old prepubertal Nellore heifers: effects on in vitro embryo production and pregnancy rate.
Animal reproduction
Follicular aspiration
IVEP
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:
25 Oct 2024
25 Oct 2024
Historique:
received:
27
05
2024
accepted:
14
10
2024
medline:
25
10
2024
pubmed:
25
10
2024
entrez:
24
10
2024
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of injectable progesterone administration before ovum pick-up (OPU) on in vitro embryo production (IVEP) and pregnancy rate in prepubertal Nellore heifers. Twenty-three Nellore females, 13.04 ± 0.8 months of age, were randomly assigned to two groups: control group (no progesterone application) and progesterone group (intramuscular administration of 1 mL [150 mg/mL] progesterone 7 days before OPU). The second OPU was performed after 28 days (crossover between groups). After OPU, oocytes were selected for IVEP and a sample was fixed in 4% paraformaldehyde. Viable oocytes were subjected to immunofluorescence staining for IGFBP2 and caspase-3. For each oocyte, one image was generated per channel (A555 and A488 filters) and analyzed with the ImageJ program for the quantification of fluorescence intensity (in pixels). The produced embryos were transferred to multiparous Nellore cows and pregnancy was diagnosed by ultrasound 30 days after transfer. Data were analyzed using the MIXED and GLIMMIX procedure of SAS
Identifiants
pubmed: 39448424
doi: 10.1007/s11250-024-04205-6
pii: 10.1007/s11250-024-04205-6
doi:
Substances chimiques
Progesterone
4G7DS2Q64Y
Types de publication
Journal Article
Randomized Controlled Trial, Veterinary
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
357Subventions
Organisme : Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
ID : 2017/50339-5
Organisme : Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior
ID : 001
Informations de copyright
© 2024. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature B.V.
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