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González FJ, Sifuentes L, Ulloa-Arvizu R, Peiró MJP, Duarte G, Fernández IG. Group or individual housing does not reduce socio-sexual and reproductive responses in anestrous goats during the first contact with the photo-stimulated buck. Domest Anim Endocrinol 2023; 82:106772. [PMID: 36368185 DOI: 10.1016/j.domaniend.2022.106772] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2022] [Revised: 10/02/2022] [Accepted: 10/17/2022] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
Abstract
Herein, we examined the effect of the type of housing (individual vs group housing) of anestrus female goats on plasma cortisol concentrations and socio-sexual behaviors during first contact with photo-stimulated male goats and determined the impact on sexual and reproductive responses after 15 d of contact with photo-stimulated males. Therefore, after weaning, 10 females each were individually and group-housed, respectively. Ten bucks were rendered sexually active by exposure to artificially long days (16 h of light and 8 h of darkness per day) for 2.5 mo. During the naturally increasing photoperiod, 15-mo-old females were exposed and maintained with males. On day 0, during the first contact with males, individually- and group-housed females exhibited similar plasma cortisol concentrations (22.6 vs 27.4 ng/mL, respectively). Likewise, socio-sexual behaviors did not differ between examined groups on day 0. Moreover, the interval from first contact with males to the first estrus, short and normal ovulatory cycles, ovulation, fertility, and prolificacy rates were similar between differently housed females. Furthermore, mounting attempts did not differ between males in contact with either female group. In conclusion, individually- and group-housed anestrus females displayed elevated and similar plasma cortisol concentrations during first contact with photo-stimulated males and similar socio-sexual behaviors and reproductive responses when exposed to photo-stimulated males.
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Affiliation(s)
- F J González
- Centro de Investigación en Reproducción Caprina (CIRCA). Postgrado en Ciencias Agrarias, Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro, Periférico Raúl López Sánchez, 27054, Torreón, Coahuila, Mexico
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- Centro de Investigación en Reproducción Caprina (CIRCA). Postgrado en Ciencias Agrarias, Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro, Periférico Raúl López Sánchez, 27054, Torreón, Coahuila, Mexico
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- Departamento de Genética y Bioestadística, Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, 04510, Mexico
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- Departamento de Medicina y Cirugía Animales, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, 08193, Bellaterra, Spain
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- Centro de Investigación en Reproducción Caprina (CIRCA). Postgrado en Ciencias Agrarias, Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro, Periférico Raúl López Sánchez, 27054, Torreón, Coahuila, Mexico
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- Centro de Investigación en Reproducción Caprina (CIRCA). Postgrado en Ciencias Agrarias, Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro, Periférico Raúl López Sánchez, 27054, Torreón, Coahuila, Mexico.
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Diaz D, Rosiles RJ, Urias-Castro CJ, Rodriguez-Gaxiola MA, Gaxiola SM, Montero-Pardo A. Systematic review and meta-analysis of the efficacy of reproductive management practices used to induce resumption of ovarian cyclical activity in anestrous does. Prev Vet Med 2019; 169:104709. [PMID: 31311634 DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2019.104709] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2018] [Revised: 06/06/2019] [Accepted: 06/17/2019] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
Abstract
Reproductive management practices that use hormones, sociosexual biostimulation, nutritional management, or abiotic factors are used to induce the resumption of reproduction in anestrous does. However, their overall efficacy remains uncertain; therefore, the identification of evidence-based management recommendations to manipulate anestrous in goats is important. Electronic databases were searched to retrieve reports on studies using interventions based on hormonal, sociosexual, nutritional, and abiotic factors. Only experimental studies in which a group of anestrous does was treated and compared against an untreated group were included. Estrus, ovulation, and pregnancy were primary outcomes, whereas the onset of estrus after treatment, the ovulation rate, and the number of anovulatory days were secondary outcomes. Odds ratio (OR) and mean differences were used to synthesize pooled data, and random effects models were used to calculate them. Seventy studies involving 3974 goats met the inclusion criteria. Unclear risk of bias for random sequence generation and allocation concealment predominated across studies. Pooled data for hormonal, sociosexual, and abiotic interventions showed a significant, though variable, increase in estrus (OR range 7.15-144.80), ovulation (OR range 6.08-56.95), and pregnancy (OR range 3.94-30.8). Hormonal treatments significantly reduced the onset of estrus, whereas abiotic interventions failed to reduce the number of anovulatory days. Secondary outcomes were not assessed in trials using sociosexual approaches. Finally, except for pregnancy, no significant efficacy was observed for studies using nutritional management. In conclusion, reproductive management practices using sociosexual approaches showed the highest efficacy for restoring reproductive activity in anestrous does.
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- Daniel Diaz
- Centro de Ciencias de la Complejidad (C3), Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, Ciudad de México, 04510, México; Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa, Culiacán Rosales 82260, Sinaloa, México.
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- Departamento de Nutrición Animal y Bioquímica, Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, Ciudad de México 04510, México.
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- Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa, Culiacán Rosales 82260, Sinaloa, México.
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- Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa, Culiacán Rosales 82260, Sinaloa, México.
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- Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa, Culiacán Rosales 82260, Sinaloa, México.
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- Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa, Culiacán Rosales 82260, Sinaloa, México.
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Fernández IG, Flores Medina E, Flores JA, Hernández H, Vielma J, Fitz-Rodríguez G, Duarte G. Absence of previous sexual experience did not modify the response of anoestrous goats to photo-stimulated bucks in Spring. ITALIAN JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE 2017. [DOI: 10.1080/1828051x.2017.1384335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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- Ilda G. Fernández
- Center of Research on Caprine Reproduction (CIRCA), Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro, Torreón, México
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- Center of Research on Caprine Reproduction (CIRCA), Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro, Torreón, México
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- Center of Research on Caprine Reproduction (CIRCA), Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro, Torreón, México
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- Center of Research on Caprine Reproduction (CIRCA), Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro, Torreón, México
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- Center of Research on Caprine Reproduction (CIRCA), Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro, Torreón, México
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- Center of Research on Caprine Reproduction (CIRCA), Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro, Torreón, México
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- Center of Research on Caprine Reproduction (CIRCA), Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro, Torreón, México
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Ponce JL, Hernández H, Flores JA, Keller M, Chemineau P, Delgadillo JA. One day of contact with photostimulated bucks is sufficient to induce ovulation in seasonally anestrous goats. Theriogenology 2015; 84:880-6. [DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2015.05.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2014] [Revised: 05/07/2015] [Accepted: 05/12/2015] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Recent advances on synchronization of ovulation in goats, out of season, for a more sustainable production. ASIAN PACIFIC JOURNAL OF REPRODUCTION 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/s2305-0500(15)30014-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Delgadillo J, Flores J, Duarte G, Vielma J, Hernández H, Bedos M, Fitz-Rodríguez G, Fernández I, López-Sebastián A, Gómez-Brunet A, Santiago-Moreno J, Zarazaga L, Keller M, Chemineau P. Out-of-season control of reproduction in subtropical goats without exogenous hormonal treatments. Small Rumin Res 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.smallrumres.2014.01.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Bedos M, Duarte G, Flores JA, Fitz-Rodríguez G, Hernández H, Vielma J, Fernández IG, Chemineau P, Keller M, Delgadillo JA. Two or 24 h of daily contact with sexually active males results in different profiles of LH secretion that both lead to ovulation in anestrous goats. Domest Anim Endocrinol 2014; 48:93-9. [PMID: 24906934 DOI: 10.1016/j.domaniend.2014.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2013] [Revised: 02/04/2014] [Accepted: 02/06/2014] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
Abstract
Two experiments were conducted to (a) determine whether sexually active males are able to stimulate the sexual activity of anestrous female goats when duration of contact is reduced to an intermittent contact shorter than 4 daily hours and (b) compare the pattern of secretion of LH when anestrous goats are exposed either permanently or intermittently to males. In the first experiment, 4 groups of anovulatory goats were exposed to sexually active males for 24, 4, 2, or 1 h/d during 15 consecutive days, whereas control females remained isolated. More than 89% of females in the groups exposed to the sexually active bucks ovulated, whereas only 5% did so in the control group (P < 0.001). However, the proportion of females ovulating before day 4 was greater in the 2-, 4-, or 24-h contact groups than in the control, whereas it did not differ between the control group and the 1-h contact group (P = 0.02, <0.001, <0.001 and 0.23, respectively). In the second experiment, 3 groups of anovulatory goats were exposed permanently (24 h/d) or intermittently (2 h/d) to bucks during 5 d or remained isolated. We found that pulsatility of luteinizing hormone (LH) increased in the intermittent and permanent contact groups after males were introduced to females (P = 0.05); this pulsatility of LH remained elevated in the permanent-contact group, whereas it decreased in the intermittent-contact group, once the male was removed (P = 0.32 and 0.05, respectively). We conclude that 1 or 2 daily hours of contact with sexually active males is sufficient to stimulate ovulatory activity in anovulatory goats; however, ovulation is obtained through a different pattern of secretion of LH.
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- M Bedos
- Centro de Investigación en Reproducción Caprina, Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro, Periférico Raúl López Sánchez y Carretera a Sante Fe, C.P. 27054 Torreón, Coahuila, Mexico
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- Centro de Investigación en Reproducción Caprina, Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro, Periférico Raúl López Sánchez y Carretera a Sante Fe, C.P. 27054 Torreón, Coahuila, Mexico
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- Centro de Investigación en Reproducción Caprina, Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro, Periférico Raúl López Sánchez y Carretera a Sante Fe, C.P. 27054 Torreón, Coahuila, Mexico
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- Centro de Investigación en Reproducción Caprina, Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro, Periférico Raúl López Sánchez y Carretera a Sante Fe, C.P. 27054 Torreón, Coahuila, Mexico
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- Centro de Investigación en Reproducción Caprina, Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro, Periférico Raúl López Sánchez y Carretera a Sante Fe, C.P. 27054 Torreón, Coahuila, Mexico
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- Centro de Investigación en Reproducción Caprina, Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro, Periférico Raúl López Sánchez y Carretera a Sante Fe, C.P. 27054 Torreón, Coahuila, Mexico
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- Centro de Investigación en Reproducción Caprina, Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro, Periférico Raúl López Sánchez y Carretera a Sante Fe, C.P. 27054 Torreón, Coahuila, Mexico
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- Physiologie de la Reproduction et des Comportements, UMR 7247, INRA-CNRS-Université de Tours, 37380 Nouzilly, France
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- Physiologie de la Reproduction et des Comportements, UMR 7247, INRA-CNRS-Université de Tours, 37380 Nouzilly, France
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- Centro de Investigación en Reproducción Caprina, Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro, Periférico Raúl López Sánchez y Carretera a Sante Fe, C.P. 27054 Torreón, Coahuila, Mexico.
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Loya-Carrera J, Bedos M, Ponce-Covarrubias J, Hernández H, Chemineau P, Keller M, Delgadillo J. Switching photo-stimulated males between groups of goats does not improve the reproductive response during the male effect. Anim Reprod Sci 2014; 146:21-6. [DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2014.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2013] [Revised: 01/15/2014] [Accepted: 02/02/2014] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Delgadillo JA, Vielma J, Hernandez H, Flores JA, Duarte G, Fernández IG, Keller M, Gelez H. Male goat vocalizations stimulate the estrous behavior and LH secretion in anestrous goats that have been previously exposed to bucks. Horm Behav 2012; 62:525-30. [PMID: 22974758 DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2012.08.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2012] [Revised: 08/30/2012] [Accepted: 08/31/2012] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
Abstract
We investigated whether live vocalizations emitted by bucks interacting with anestrous females stimulate secretion of LH, estrous behavior and ovulation in anestrous goats. In experiment 1, bucks rendered sexually active by exposure to long days followed by natural photoperiod were exposed in a light-proof-building to five anestrous females. Buck vocalizations were reproduced through a microphone-amplifier-loudspeaker system to an open pen where one group of goats (n=6) was exposed for 10 days to these live vocalizations. Another group of females (n=6) was isolated from males and vocalizations. The proportion of goats displaying estrous behavior was significantly higher in females exposed to buck vocalizations than in females isolated from males. The proportion of goats that ovulated did not differ between the 2 groups (exposed to males versus isolated). In experiment 2, female goats that either had previous contact with males (n=7), or no previous contact with males (n=7) were exposed to live buck vocalizations, reproduced as described in experiment 1, for 5 days. The number and amplitude of LH pulses did not differ between groups before exposition to buck vocalizations. Five days of exposure to male vocalizations significantly increased LH pulsatility only in females that had previous contact with males, while LH pulse amplitude was not modified. We concluded that live buck vocalizations can stimulate estrous behavior and LH secretion in goats if they have had previous contact with bucks.
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- José Alberto Delgadillo
- Centro de Investigación en Reproducción Caprina, Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro, Periférico Raúl López Sánchez y Carretera a Santa Fe, C.P. 27054, Torreón, Coahuila, Mexico.
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