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Monteiro PLJ, Consentini CEC, Andrade JPN, Beard AD, Garcia-Guerra A, Sartori R, Wiltbank MC. Research on timed AI in beef cattle: Past, present and future, a 27-year perspective. Theriogenology 2023; 211:161-171. [PMID: 37639998 DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2023.07.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2023] [Revised: 07/26/2023] [Accepted: 07/31/2023] [Indexed: 08/31/2023]
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This review aimed to (1) summarize the results from fixed-timed artificial insemination (TAI) fertility studies performed during the last 27 years; (2) compile and evaluate, as examples from the literature base, the direct comparisons made of specific manipulations to synchronization protocols; (3) evaluate the impact of the TAI programs on the reproductive performance during the breeding season, and (4) provide perspective on the future of TAI programs in beef cattle. A search of the literature published from 1995 to 2021 was conducted to identify experiments in which synchronization of ovulation and TAI in beef cattle was performed. The primary outcome of interest was fertility expressed as pregnancies per TAI. The literature included two search engines, the SIS Web of Science and the US National Library of Medicine Institutes of Health through PubMed. After the initial search and screening, a total of 228 manuscripts were selected containing a total of 272,668 TAI. A dramatic increase in the number of publications and TAIs occurred throughout the years. Most of them were from Brazil and United States, followed by Canada, Argentina, Uruguay, and Australia. Two main types of TAI programs were identified: GnRH-based and E2/P4-based protocols. In terms of GnRH-based programs, two variations were evaluated in the present manuscript. First, we evaluated the effect of the progesterone implant during the protocol. The progesterone implant increased pregnancy/TAI (P/TAI) from 44.3 to 54.3%. Second, the use of a second prostaglandin F2α treatment in 5-d CO-synch program increased the P/TAI from 53.2 to 60.9%. In E2/P4-based programs, use of GnRH at TAI increased P/TAI from 54.7 to 59.2% in cows. However, no increase was detected in heifers. Other research showed that use of TAI can increase the overall proportion of the cows pregnant at end of the breeding season and produce earlier calvings compared with bulls. In conclusion, there have been a large number of excellent research studies that have been performed during the last 27 years on TAI in beef cattle. This technology is being utilized successfully in the beef cattle industry. This success is largely because of the valid research that underlies the application of the technology and the economic value of the technology.
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- Pedro L J Monteiro
- Department of Animal and Dairy Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
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- Department of Animal and Dairy Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 53706, USA; Department of Animal Science, University of São Paulo, Piracicaba, SP, 13418-900, Brazil
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- Department of Animal and Dairy Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
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- Department of Animal and Dairy Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
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- Department of Animal Sciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA
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- Department of Animal Science, University of São Paulo, Piracicaba, SP, 13418-900, Brazil
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- Department of Animal and Dairy Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 53706, USA.
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Aromatase inhibitors: A new approach for controlling ovarian function in cattle. Theriogenology 2018; 112:18-25. [DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2017.08.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2017] [Revised: 08/29/2017] [Accepted: 08/30/2017] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Synchronization of ovulation in cattle with an aromatase inhibitor–based protocol. Theriogenology 2016; 85:1382-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2015.12.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2015] [Revised: 12/16/2015] [Accepted: 12/17/2015] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Bridges G, Mussard M, Helser L, Day M. Comparison of follicular dynamics and hormone concentrations between the 7-day and 5-day CO-Synch + CIDR program in primiparous beef cows. Theriogenology 2014; 81:632-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2013.11.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2013] [Revised: 11/25/2013] [Accepted: 11/26/2013] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Yapura MJ, Mapletoft RJ, Pierson RA, Singh J, Adams GP. Effect of vehicle and route of administration of letrozole on ovarian function in a bovine model. Reprod Fertil Dev 2014; 26:1198-205. [DOI: 10.1071/rd13100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2013] [Accepted: 10/01/2013] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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The objective of this study was to determine the effects of vehicle and route of administration of letrozole on ovarian function in sexually mature beef heifers. On Day 3 (Day 0 = ovulation), heifers were assigned randomly to four treatment groups and given 1 mg kg–1 letrozole intravenously (iv, n = 10) or intramuscularly (im, n = 10) or given a placebo iv (control iv, n = 5) or im (control im, n = 5). The interwave interval was longer in heifers treated with letrozole im than in im and iv controls (11.7 ± 0.30 vs 9.5 ± 0.50 and 10 ± 0.43, respectively; P < 0.05). Corpus luteum diameter profiles and plasma progesterone concentrations were greater (P < 0.03 and P < 0.05, respectively) in heifers treated with letrozole im compared with control im. Plasma oestradiol concentrations were lower in both letrozole-treated groups compared with controls (P ≤ 0.03). Plasma LH concentrations tended to be elevated at the time of wave emergence in heifers treated with letrozole im compared with other groups (group-by-day interaction, P = 0.06) and plasma FSH concentrations tended to be greater (P < 0.09) in heifers treated with letrozole by either route compared with a single control group. We conclude that intramuscular administration of letrozole in oil is a feasible route and vehicle for the development of a letrozole-based treatment protocol for herd synchronisation in cattle.
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Yapura J, Mapletoft RJ, Pierson RA, Singh J, Adams GP. Aromatase inhibitor treatment with an intravaginal device and its effect on pre-ovulatory ovarian follicles in a bovine model. Reprod Biol Endocrinol 2013; 11:97. [PMID: 24090109 PMCID: PMC3853024 DOI: 10.1186/1477-7827-11-97] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2013] [Accepted: 09/27/2013] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Letrozole, a non-steroidal aromatase inhibitor, prevents the body from producing its own estrogen. The objectives of the present study were to test the hypotheses that letrozole treatment, initiated prior to selection of the preovulatory dominant follicle, will induce the growth of more than one follicle to a pre-ovulatory size, and will delay ovulation. METHODS Post-pubertal beef heifers were given two luteolytic doses of PGF (12 h apart) and monitored by ultrasonography for ovulation. Five to eight days later, ovarian follicular wave emergence was synchronized by ultrasound-guided transvaginal follicular ablation (Day 0=wave emergence) and a luteolytic dose of PGF was given 60 and 72 h later. On Day 1, heifers were divided randomly into two groups (n=15/group) and an intravaginal device containing 1 g of letrozole or a blank device (control) was inserted. The intravaginal devices were removed on Day 7, or at the time of ovulation, whichever occurred first. Transrectal ultrasonography and blood sample collection were performed daily from the day of ablation to 12 days after subsequent ovulation. RESULTS The mean (+/-SEM) interval from device placement to ovulation was longer in letrozole-treated animals compared to controls (6.1+/-0.25 vs 5.1+/-0.26 days, respectively; P<0.01). Single dominant follicles were present in both groups. The day-to-day diameter profiles of the dominant follicles of the ovulatory wave were larger (P<0.05) and the maximum diameters greater in letrozole-treated heifers (14.6+/-0.51 vs 12.4+/-0.53 mm, respectively; P<0.01). The diameter profile of the corpus luteum (CL) that formed after treatment did not differ between groups; however, plasma progesterone concentrations were higher (P<0.01) in heifers treated with letrozole. Estradiol concentrations were reduced following letrozole treatment (P<0.05), although a preovulatory rise of estradiol occurred in both groups. CONCLUSIONS Administration of letrozole with an intravaginal device during growth of the ovulatory follicle delayed ovulation by 24 h and resulted in the formation of a CL that secreted higher levels of progesterone. A sustained-release intravaginal device may be useful for the development of an aromatase inhibitor-based protocol to control ovulation for herd synchronization and to enhance fertility by increasing circulating progesterone concentrations during the first 7 days post-ovulation in cattle.
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- Jimena Yapura
- Department of Veterinary Biomedical Sciences, Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, S7N 5B4, Canada
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- Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, S7N 5B4, Canada
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- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, S7N 0W8, Canada
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- Department of Veterinary Biomedical Sciences, Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, S7N 5B4, Canada
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- Department of Veterinary Biomedical Sciences, Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, S7N 5B4, Canada
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Yapura MJ, Mapletoft RJ, Singh J, Pierson R, Naile J, Giesy JP, Chang H, Higley E, Hecker M, Adams GP. Effects of a non-steroidal aromatase inhibitor on ovarian function in cattle. Reprod Fertil Dev 2012; 24:631-40. [DOI: 10.1071/rd11239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2011] [Accepted: 10/06/2011] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Effects of the non-steroidal aromatase inhibitor letrozole on ovarian function in cattle were determined. The hypothesis that letrozole would arrest growth of the dominant follicle, resulting in emergence of a new follicular wave at a predictable post-treatment interval, was tested. Heifers were assigned randomly to four groups 4 days after follicular ablation (~2½ days after wave emergence) and given intravenous doses of 500 (n = 9), 250 (n = 10), or 125 µg kg–1 (n = 10) letrozole or phosphate-buffered saline (controls; n = 10). Blood was collected and ovarian structures were monitored daily by transrectal ultrasonography. Plasma concentrations of LH and FSH were measured by radioimmunoassay; plasma concentrations of letrozole were determined by high-performance liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry. A single intravenous dose of letrozole did not induce regression of the dominant follicle present at the time of treatment, nor did it directly affect FSH release. Conversely, treatment with letrozole increased endogenous concentrations of LH and extended the lifespan of the dominant follicle, which delayed the next FSH surge and subsequent follicular wave emergence. Letrozole continues to have potential as a non-steroidal treatment for controlling ovarian function in cattle.
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Beltman ME, Lonergan P, Diskin MG, Roche JF, Crowe MA. Effect of progesterone supplementation in the first week post conception on embryo survival in beef heifers. Theriogenology 2009; 71:1173-9. [PMID: 19203784 DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2008.12.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2008] [Revised: 11/24/2008] [Accepted: 12/08/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Progesterone is essential for establishment and maintenance of pregnancy in mammals. The objective of this study was to examine the effect of elevating progesterone during the different physiological stages of early embryo development on embryo survival. Estrus was synchronized in cross-bred beef heifers (n=197, approximately 2-years old) and they were inseminated 12-18h after estrus onset (=Day 0). Inseminated heifers were randomly assigned to 1 of 3 treatments: (1) Control, n=69; (2) progesterone supplementation using a Controlled Internal Drug Release Device (CIDR) from Day 3 to 6.5, n=64; or (3) progesterone supplementation using a CIDR from Day 4.5 to 8, n=64. Body condition (BCS) and locomotion scores (scale of 1-5) were recorded for all animals. Animals with a locomotion score >/=4 (very lame) were excluded. Embryo survival rate was determined at slaughter on Day 25. Conceptus length and weight were recorded and the corpus luteum (CL) of all pregnant animals was dissected and weighed. Supplementation with exogenous progesterone increased (P<0.05) peripheral progesterone concentrations, but did not affect embryo survival rate compared with controls. Mean CL weight, conceptus length and conceptus weight were not different between treatments. There was a positive relationship (P<0.04) between the increase in progesterone concentrations from Days 3 to 6.5 and embryo survival rate in treated heifers and a similar trend existed between the increase from Days 4.5 to 8 (P<0.06). There was also a positive relationship (P<0.05) between the progesterone concentration on Day 6.5 and the embryo survival rate in treated heifers. A direct correlation was seen between locomotion score and embryo survival rate, with higher (P<0.05) early embryo survival rates in heifers with a lower locomotion score. In conclusion, supplementation with progesterone at different stages of early embryo development increased peripheral progesterone concentration and resulted in a positive association between changes in progesterone concentration during the early luteal phase and embryo survival rate. Supplementation with progesterone had no effect on either CL weight or conceptus size in pregnant animals. Lameness had a significant negative effect on early embryo survival.
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- M E Beltman
- Veterinary Sciences Centre, UCD School of Agriculture, Food Science and Veterinary Medicine, Ireland
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Preovulatory, postovulatory, and postmaternal recognition effects of concentrations of progesterone on embryonic survival in the cow. J Anim Sci 2006; 82 E-Suppl:E24-39. [PMID: 15471804 DOI: 10.2527/2004.8213_supple24x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 152] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Although fertilization rate usually is very high when male fertility is normal, pregnancy rates are below expectations when defined by the birth of live offspring in response to first service. Factors that affect establishment and retention of pregnancy include 1) preovulatory influences on the follicle and oocyte, 2) early postovulatory uterine and luteal function, 3) concentrations of hormones associated with trophoblastic and endometrial function during maternal recognition of pregnancy, and 4) less-well understood factors during the peri-attachment period. For example, decreased progesterone during preovulatory follicular development leads to a persistent follicle, premature resumption of meiosis, and a high incidence of embryonic death between the 2- and 16-cell stages. Elevated PGF(2alpha) during d 4 to 9 of the estrous cycle not only caused luteolysis but also had a direct embryotoxic effect during the morula-to-blastocyst transition. Ideal conditions during placentation and attachment are not clearly defined. Late embryonic mortality might be increased after ovulation of persistent or immature follicles. Nominal increases in secretion of PGF(2alpha) between d 30 and 35 might be important for attachment and placentation. Lower survival of embryos from wk 5 to wk 7 to 9 of gestation in the cow was associated with lower circulating concentrations of progesterone on wk 5. To maximize embryonic survival in the cow, management must provide high progesterone before estrus, quality detection of estrus, and timely insemination. Luteolytic influences of estradiol-17beta or PGF(2alpha) must be minimized early after mating and during maternal recognition of pregnancy, and high progesterone is needed during the late embryonic/early fetal period.
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Weems CW, Weems YS, Randel RD. Prostaglandins and reproduction in female farm animals. Vet J 2006; 171:206-28. [PMID: 16490704 DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2004.11.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 226] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/20/2004] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Prostaglandins impact on ovarian, uterine, placental, and pituitary function to regulate reproduction in female livestock. They play important roles in ovulation, luteal function, maternal recognition of pregnancy, implantation, maintenance of gestation, microbial-induced abortion, parturition, postpartum uterine and ovarian infections, and resumption of postpartum ovarian cyclicity. Prostaglandins have both positive and negative effects on reproduction; they are used to synchronize oestrus, terminate pseudopregnancy in mares, induce parturition, and treat retained placenta, luteinized cysts, pyometra, and chronic endometritis. Improved therapeutic uses for prostaglandins will be developed when we understand better their involvement in implantation, maintenance of luteal function, and establishment and maintenance of pregnancy.
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- C W Weems
- Department of Human Nutrition, Food, and Animal Sciences, University of Hawaii, 1955 East West Road, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA.
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Sakase M, Seo Y, Fukushima M, Noda M, Takeda K, Ueno S, Inaba T, Tamada H, Sawada T, Kawate N. Effect of CIDR-based protocols for timed-AI on the conception rate and ovarian functions of Japanese Black beef cows in the early postpartum period. Theriogenology 2005; 64:1197-211. [PMID: 16125562 DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2005.02.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2004] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Our objectives were to compare: (1) conception rates (in early postpartum Japanese Black beef cows) to timed-artificial insemination (timed-AI) among Ovsynch and Ovsynch plus CIDR protocols, and a protocol that used estradiol benzoate (EB) in lieu of the first GnRH of the Ovsynch plus CIDR; and (2) the effects of these protocols on blood concentrations of ovarian steroids. Cows in the control group (Ovsynch; n=35) underwent a standard Ovsynch protocol (GnRH analogue on Day 0, PGF(2 alpha) analogue on Day 7 and GnRH analogue on Day 9), with timed-AI on Day 10, approximately 20 h after the second GnRH treatment. Cows in the Ovsynch+CIDR group (n=31) received a standard Ovsynch protocol plus a CIDR for 7 days (starting on Day 0). Cows in the third treatment group (EB+CIDR+GnRH; n=41) received 2mg of EB on Day 0 in lieu of the first GnRH treatment, followed by the same treatment as in the Ovsynch+CIDR protocol. The conception rate tended to be greater in the Ovsynch+CIDR group (67.7%, P<0.15) and was greater in the EB+CIDR+GnRH (73.2%, P<0.05) and CIDR-combined (both CIDR-treated groups were combined) groups (70.8%, P<0.05) than in the Ovsynch group (48.6%). Plasma progesterone concentrations were higher on Day 7 (P<0.01) and lower on Days 14, 17 and 21 (P<0.001) in the CIDR-combined group than in the Ovsynch group. Plasma estradiol-17beta concentrations were higher on Day 7 in the Ovsynch group of non-pregnant cows than in the CIDR-combined group of non-pregnant cows and in an all-combined group (all treatment groups combined) of pregnant cows (P<0.01). Furthermore, estradiol-17beta concentrations were lower on Day 9 in the Ovsynch and CIDR-combined groups of non-pregnant cows than in the all-combined group of pregnant cows (P<0.05). In conclusion, both protocols using CIDR improved conception rates following timed-AI in early postpartum suckled Japanese Black beef cows relative to the Ovsynch protocol. Treatment with a CIDR may prevent early maturation of follicles observed in non-pregnant cows treated with the Ovsynch protocol, by maintaining elevated blood progesterone concentrations until PGF(2 alpha) treatment.
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- M Sakase
- Department of Advanced Pathobiology, Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Osaka Prefecture University, Sakai, Osaka 599-8531, Japan
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- E Keith Inskeep
- Division of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, College of Agriculture, Forestry, and Consumer Sciences, West Virginia University, PO Box 6108, Morgantown WV 26506, USA.
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Ando T, Kamimura S, Hamana K, Watanabe G, Taya K. GnRH treatment at CIDR insertion influences ovarian follicular dynamics in Japanese black cows. J Vet Med Sci 2005; 67:275-80. [PMID: 15805730 DOI: 10.1292/jvms.67.275] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Ovarian follicular dynamics and estrous synchronization after Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) treatment at Controlled Internal Drug Releasing device (CIDR) insertion were investigated in Japanese Black cows. CIDR was inserted for eight cows at 7 days after estrus. Cows were allocated to either Group A: 8-day CIDR insertion with GnRH treatment on d 0 (n=4, d 0=CIDR insertion) or Group B: 8-day CIDR insertion (n=4). Both groups were injected with prostaglandin F2alpha (PGF2alpha) on d 7. Ultrasonography and blood sampling were performed twice daily. Intensive sampling was performed every 15 min for 8 hr to determine the pulsatile release of LH on d -1, d 5 and d 10. Three of four cows showed intermediate ovulation within 2 days after GnRH treatment during CIDR insertion in Group A, whereas no ovulation was found in Group B. Three of four cows in Group A and all four cows in Group B ovulated after CIDR removal. Plasma progesterone concentrations from d 3 to d 7 in three intermediate ovulatory cows in Group A (8.4 +/- 1.6 ng/ml) was significantly higher than those in Group B (4.1 +/- 1.2 ng/ml; 4 cows) during CIDR insertion (P<0.01). Interval to estrus and ovulation after CIDR removal was observed at 60.0 +/- 12.0 hr and 76.0 +/- 6.9 hr in three cows in Group A, and 75.0 +/- 15.1 hr and 93.0 +/- 20.5 hr in Group B, respectively. There was a significant increase in LH pulse frequency on d 10 compared on d -1 or d 5 in both groups (P<0.05), in addition those on d 10 in Group A tended to be higher than in Group B. As a result, GnRH treatment at CIDR insertion at 7 days after estrus induced intermediate ovulation with formation of corpus luteum (CL) and rather synchronized emergence of ovulatory follicle during CIDR insertion. These induced CL increased plasma progesterone concentrations and contributed to precise synchronization.
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- Takaaki Ando
- United Graduate School of Veterinary Science, Yamaguchi University, 1677-1 Yoshida, Yamaguchi, 753-8511, Japan
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Ando T, Kamimura S, Hamana K. Estrous synchronization using an intravaginal progesterone device in combination with gnrh or estradiol benzoate characterized by the initial ovarian conditions in Japanese black cows. J Vet Med Sci 2005; 66:1497-502. [PMID: 15644598 DOI: 10.1292/jvms.66.1497] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Estrous synchronization using a Controlled Internal Drug Releasing device (CIDR) in combination with GnRH or estradiol benzoate (EB) treatment was investigated in Japanese black cows characterized with initial ovarian conditions. A total of 142 cows were allocated to one of four treatments: insertion of CIDR for eight days (Group A: n=34), CIDR with 100 microg of GnRH on d 0 (Group B: n=54, d 0=CIDR insertion), CIDR with GnRH on d 0 and 1 mg of EB on d 10 (Group C: n=20) or CIDR with 2 mg of EB on d 0 and 1 mg of EB on d 9 (Group D: n=34). All cows received 25 mg of PGF(2alpha) on d 7 and blood was collected for progesterone (P4) analysis on d 0, 8, and 21. AI was performed at estrus, but in Group D timed AI was set following a day of EB treatment. Estrus was induced in 141/142 cows, and the majority of which occurred on d 10 and 11 (98 cows, 34 cows). GnRH treatment induced more intermediate ovulation than EB treatment in cows with CL on d 0 (19.0% vs. 0%). Ovulation after CIDR removal was significantly higher in cows with CL on d 0 compared to those without CL (87.0% vs. 71.4%). Group B showed higher conception rates than those combined with Groups C and D where EB was injected after CIDR removal (51.1% vs. 38.9%). Conception had no correlation with either CL existence on d 0 or intermediate ovulation on d 8. P4 concentrations on d 8 were significantly lower compared to those on d 0 or d 21. On d 21 in cows without intermediate ovulation, Group A showed significantly lower P4 concentrations than the other 3 groups. The data suggests that CIDR insertion with PGF(2alpha) treatment is an effective method for estrous synchronization irrespective of initial ovarian conditions, and GnRH treatment at CIDR insertion induces intermediate ovulation and improves the conception rate in Japanese black cows.
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- Takaaki Ando
- Department of Clinical Veterinary Science, Graduate School of Veterinary Science, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi 758-8515, Japan
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Cavalieri J, Hepworth G, Macmillan KL. Ovarian follicular development in Holstein cows following synchronisation of oestrus with oestradiol benzoate and an intravaginal progesterone releasing insert for 5–9 days and duration of the oestrous cycle and concentrations of progesterone following ovulation. Anim Reprod Sci 2004; 81:177-93. [PMID: 14998646 DOI: 10.1016/s0378-4320(03)00156-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2002] [Revised: 05/06/2003] [Accepted: 05/22/2003] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The aim of this study was to determine if the duration of treatment with an intravaginal progesterone releasing insert (IVP(4)) after treatment with oestradiol benzoate (ODB) at the time of insertion and 24 h after removal would affect selected variables including: size of ovarian follicles at the time of removal of inserts, diameter of ovulatory follicles, plasma concentrations of progesterone following ovulation, and duration of the following oestrous cycle. Characteristics of oestrus at a synchronised and spontaneous oestrus were also monitored. Non-lactating Holstein cows were synchronised with an IVP(4) for 5 (n = 10), 7 (n = 10), 8 (n = 9) or 9 (n = 9) days together with injections of ODB at device insertion (2 mg) and 24 h after removal (1 mg). Ultrasonography showed no significant effect of treatment on the day of emergence of preovulatory follicles relative to the day of removal of inserts (overall mean = -4.22 +/- 0.58; P = 0.15) for cows that ovulated within 120 h insert removal (n = 36). Treatment with ODB and an IVP(4) for 5 days reduced the diameter of preovulatory follicles at the time of removal of inserts and for the following 2 days compared to cows treated for 7-9 days (mean difference 2.56 +/- 1.15 mm; P = 0.033) but did not reduce the diameter of the ovulatory follicle (P = 0.21). Day of emergence relative to removal of inserts was associated with the diameter of the ovulatory follicle (R2 = 0.69; P < 0.001). Concentrations of progesterone and the diameter of the corpus luteum following ovulation were not affected by treatment (P > 0.20), but were affected by the diameter of the ovulatory follicle (P < 0.01). Diameter of the ovulatory follicle did not affect interoestrous and interovulatory intervals (P > 0.40). We conclude that treatment with an IVP(4) for 5 compared to 7-9 days with ODB administered at device insertion, and 24 h after removal reduced the diameter of preovulatory follicles at the time of removal of the insert but did not reduce the diameter of the ovulatory follicle or concentrations of progesterone in plasma. Emergence of preovulatory follicles closer to the time of removal of inserts reduced the diameter of the ovulatory follicle when oestrus was induced with ODB. Ovulation of smaller follicles reduced concentrations of progesterone in plasma following ovulation but did not affect oestrous cycle duration.
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- J Cavalieri
- Department of Veterinary Science, The University of Melbourne, Werribee 3030, Australia
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Abstract
Prolonged postpartum acyclicity in suckled beef cows reduces the calf crop, and causes economic loss to beef cattle producers. Once anterior pituitary LH stores have been replenished between Days 15 and 30 post partum in suckled beef cows, methods to initiate cyclicity include non-hormonal methods such as weaning of calves (either complete, temporary or partial), or exposure to bulls, and hormonal methods such as administration of GnRH (either single injection, intermittent injections, or continuous infusion), gonadotropins (eCG, FSH, hCG), and steroids (estrogens, anti-estrogens, and progestogens). Weaning is costly, reduces growth rate of weaned calves, and short cycles are common after weaning-induced ovulation. Exposure of cows to bulls is not practical and its effect is not predictable. Repeated injections of GnRH, or a single injection of hCG are not always effective; ovulation is always followed by a short cycle, and usually a return to acyclicity. Estrogens and anti-estrogens do not consistently shorten postpartum anestrus. Exogenous progestogens include intravaginal devices, such as controlled-internal drug release (CIDR) or progesterone-releasing intravaginal device (PRID), norgestomet implants, and the feed-additive melengestrol acetate (MGA). Administration of exogenous progestogens is more practical than, and offers more advantages over, other treatments to shorten postpartum acyclicity in suckled beef cows. Mimicking the short cycle after Week 3 post partum, by maintaining circulating progesterone at subluteal concentrations or circulating progestin at intermediate concentrations, extends the life-span and allows terminal maturation of the postpartum dominant follicle as in cyclic cows, by initiating endogenous GnRH and LH pulses. This is followed by an LH surge, ovulation and normal cycles. The benefit from using exogenous progestogens after Week 3 post partum in suckled beef cows is that ovulation is induced, cyclicity is initiated, the resulting CL has a normal life-span and function, and there is no need to change management, such as weaning of calves. We present a model for the induction of ovulation and initiation of cyclicity using exogenous progestogens after Week 3 post partum in suckled beef cows.
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Affiliation(s)
- Y Yavas
- Department of Animal and Poultry Science University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada
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