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Biblioteca(s): | INIA Treinta y Tres.
Fecha corriente: | 21/02/2014
Fecha de la última actualización: | 15/10/2019
Autoria: | QUINTANS, G.; VIÑOLES, C.; SINCLAIR, K. D.
Afiliación: | GRACIELA QUINTANS ILARIA, INIA (Instituto Nacional de Investigación Agropecuaria), Uruguay; CAROLINA VIÑOLES GIL, INIA (Instituto Nacional de Investigación Agropecuaria), Uruguay.
Título: | Follicular growth and ovulation in postpartum beef cows following calf removal and GnRH treatment.
Año de publicación: | 2004
Fuente/Imprenta: | Animal Reproduction Science, 2004, v.80, p. 5-14.
DOI: | 10.1016/S0378-4320(03)00154-4
Idioma: | Inglés

Contenido:

Abstract:
This study investigated the effects of calf removal (CR) and gonadotrophin releasing hormone (GnRH) administration on the duration of the postpartum anoestrous period in suckled beef cows. Experiment 1 involved 20 multiparous suckled cows that were assigned to each of two treatments on Day 61 postpartum: (i) unlimited access to their calves (C; n=10) and (ii) calf removal for a period of 96 h (CR96, n=10). Experiment 2 involved 24 multiparous cows that were assigned to each of two treatments on Day 63 postpartum: (i) CR96 (n=12); and (ii) CR96 plus 250 microg of GnRH administered on the day before calf return (CR96+GnRH, n=12). Experiment 3 was a 3x2 factorial experiment, involving 48 multiparous cows assigned to the experiment on Day 58 postpartum. The factors were C, CR96 and calf removal for 144 h (CR144), and 0 or 250 microg GnRH administered on the day prior calf return. In Experiment 1, the number of cows that ovulated within 12 days of calf removal was higher (P<0.05) in CR96 group (3/9) compared to the C group (0/10). In Experiment 2, all 12 cows in the CR96+GnRH group ovulated. In contrast only 4/12 cows in the CR96 group ovulated in response to calf removal. The diameter of the ovulatory follicle tended (P=0.06) to be smaller in CR96+GnRH cows (9.8 +/- 0.3 mm) than in CR96 cows (11.3 +/- 0.9 mm). The maximum diameter attained by the corpus luteum (CL) also tended (P=0.08) to be smaller for cows in the CR96+GnRH than for cows in the CR96 group (12.1 +/- 2.4 mm versus 16.7 +/- 7.5 mm, respectively). Plasma progesterone concentrations 12 days after calf removal tended (P=0.06) to be lower in CR96+GnRH cows than in CR96 cows (0.66 +/- 0.1 ng/ml versus 2.00 +/- 1.1 ng/ml, respectively). Few cows in the CR96+GnRH group regained normal cyclical activity and the interval from onset of calf removal to conception was longer (P<0.05) compared to cows in the CR group (52.2 +/- 5.7 days versus 20.0 +/- 6.6 days). In Experiment 3, 5/8 cows on the CR144 group and all 8 cows in the CR144+GnRH group ovulated. However, the interval from CR to conception was similar for all treatments. Temporary (96-144 h) calf removal, particularly in combination with GnRH treatment, can induce a high proportion of beef cows to ovulate, but the restoration of oestrous cycles may not be achieved.

Thesagro: | BOVINOS; REPRODUCCION ANIMAL; REPRODUCTIVIDAD; URUGUAY.
Categoría del tema: | L53 Fisiología Animal - Reproducción
Registro original: | INIA Treinta y Tres (TT)
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