Fecha/hora: 16/06/2024 09:16:59

Biblioteca(s): | INIA Tacuarembó.
Fecha corriente: | 09/09/2014
Fecha de la última actualización: | 04/02/2020
Autoria: | CHANVALLON, A.; BLACHE, D.; CHADWICK, A.; ESMAILI, T.; HAWKEN, P.A.R.; MARTIN, G.B.; VIÑOLES, C.; FABRE-NYS, C.
Afiliación: | A. CHANVALLON, Centre Interrégional d’Information et de Recherche en Production Ovine, Site Expérimental du Mourier, 87800 St Priest Ligoure, FranceUMR 6175 INRA Physiologie de la Reproduction et des Comportements - CNRS - Université de Tours - Haras Nationaux, 37380; D. BLACHE, UWA Institute of Agriculture, The University of Western Australia, Crawley 6009, Perth, Australia; A. CHADWICK, UWA Institute of Agriculture, The University of Western Australia, Crawley 6009, Perth, Australia; T. ESMAILI, UWA Institute of Agriculture, The University of Western Australia, Crawley 6009, Perth, Australia; P.A.R. HAWKEN, UWA Institute of Agriculture, The University of Western Australia, Crawley 6009, Perth, Australia; G.B. MARTIN, UWA Institute of Agriculture, The University of Western Australia, Crawley 6009, Perth, Australia; CAROLINA VIÑOLES GIL, INIA (Instituto Nacional de Investigación Agropecuaria), Uruguay; UWA Institute of Agriculture, The University of Western Australia, Crawley 6009, Perth, Australia; C. FABRE-NYS, UMR 6175 INRA Physiologie de la Reproduction et des Comportements - CNRS - Université de Tours - Haras Nationaux, 37380 Nouzilly, France.
Título: | Sexual experience and temperament affect the response of Merino ewes to the ram effect during the anoestrous season.
Año de publicación: | 2010
Fuente/Imprenta: | Animal Reproduction Science, 2010, v. 119, p. 205-211.
DOI: | 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2010.02.003
Idioma: | Inglés
Notas: | Article history: Received 26 October 2009 // Received in revised form 11 January 2010 // Accepted 4 February 2010 // Available online 11 February 2010. Corresponding author at: : Audrey.Chanvallon@tours.inra.fr // Acknowledgments: This research was supported by the Australian Research Council (Project DP0558952) and by Meat & Livestock Australia (Project MS027 ?LambMax?). We thank Steve Gray for his assistance in the care and management of the  animals, and Margaret Blackberry for her assistance with the hormone assays. This work was a part of Audrey Chanvallon?s PhD project and was supported by CIFRE Convention and the ANRT. We thank also the Région Centre.
Contenido: | Abstract: In seasonally anoestrous ewes of many breeds, the introduction of rams triggers an increase in gonadotrophin secretion that induces ovulation, a phenomenon known as the ram effect. The ram effect is a practical method for mating ewes outside the natural breeding season, and also can provide synchronised lambing, but the variability of the response, especially in young animals, reduces its potential for widespread application. The aim of our study was to assess two factors that are thought to contribute to the variability in young ewes: temperament and sexual experience. We used anovulatory ewes from a flock that had been genetically selected for calm or nervous temperament and compared the endocrine and ovarian responses to the ram effect in four groups (each n = 15): calm and parous (3-6 years old); calm and nulliparous (2 years old); nervous and parous; and nervous and nulliparous. Parous ewes, independently of their temperament, exhibited a faster endocrine response and a higher proportion of females cycling after ram introduction than nulliparous ewes. Nervous ewes exhibited a higher proportion of females cycling after ram introduction than calm ewes, but only in the nulliparous group. We conclude that temperament exerts little influence on the response to the ram effect in sexually experienced ewes, and that females of nervous temperament appear to respond better when sexually naive. Both sexual experience and temperament need to be taken into consideration when flock management involves the ram effect. Finally, some ewes were cyclic at ram introduction, yet exhibited an increase in LH secretion even in the presence of high concentrations of progesterone. The mechanism by which the inhibitory effect of progesterone on LH secretion was bypassed needs to be clarified.
Palabras-Clave: | CYCLICITY; EXPERIENCE; MALE EFFECT; REPRODUCCIÓN; SHEEP; TEMPERAMENT.
Thesagro: | OVINOS.
Categoría del tema: | L01 Ganadería
Registro original: | INIA Tacuarembó (TBO)
Ejemplares: | TBO - (100027-1) - PXI - AP - PP - PP/ANIMAL REPRODUCTION SCIENCE/2010 -  -  - DIS