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Santos-Jimenez Z, Meza-Herrera CA, Calderon-Leyva G, Martinez-Ros P, Guillen-Muñoz JM, Gonzalez-Bulnes A. Efficiency of hCG for Inducing Resumption of Ovarian Cyclicity and Synchronized Ovulations during the Seasonal Anestrous in Sheep. Animals (Basel) 2021; 11:ani11113159. [PMID: 34827891 PMCID: PMC8614577 DOI: 10.3390/ani11113159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2021] [Revised: 10/31/2021] [Accepted: 11/04/2021] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Simple Summary The use of equine chorionic gonadotrophin (eCG) in protocols for estrus synchronization in sheep is currently challenged, so it is necessary to implement alternatives (i.e., human chorionic gonadotropin; hCG), mainly during the anestrous season. Therefore, we compared the reproductive outcomes, including estrus induction, ovulatory follicle dynamics, and pregnancy outputs in anestrus Dorper sheep treated with insertion of one intravaginal progesterone-loaded CIDR + either saline, eCG, or hCG. The administration of hCG at the time of CIDR removal was effective at inducing estrus, resume ovulations, and ovarian cyclicity, yet, in a narrow window of time, it is a scenario that may limit the implementation of an artificial insemination protocol. Abstract This research aimed to evaluate whether the administration of hCG at the time of removal of a progesterone device may be effective at inducing estrus and ovulations in sheep during the natural seasonal anestrous, by comparing reproductive outputs (induction and duration of estrus, follicle development, ovulation, ovulation rate, and pregnancy rates) in ewes treated with eCG or only saline solution at the time of CIDR removal. Whereas results demonstrated no response in the control non-treated group, the largest rate of narrowly synchronized estrus signs and ovulations occurred in the eCG-group. The administration of hCG was effective at inducing estrus, promote follicular growth and a delayed yet significant ovulation (>84%) on day 10 after CIDR removal; moreover, an increased embryonic implantation rate was also observed. Moreover, if the hCG ewes remain exposed to active males for some days, said strategy could be adopted, aiming to induce pregnancies by natural mating in a short period of time.
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- Zurisaday Santos-Jimenez
- Unidad Laguna, Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro, Torreón 25315, Coahuila, Mexico; (Z.S.-J.); (G.C.-L.)
- Departamento de Farmacologia y Toxicologia, Facultad de Veterinaria, UCM, Ciudad Universitaria s/n, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Unidad Regional Universitaria de Zonas Áridas, Universidad Autónoma Chapingo, Unidad Regional Universitaria de Zonas Áridas, Bermejillo 35230, Durango, Mexico;
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- Unidad Laguna, Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro, Torreón 25315, Coahuila, Mexico; (Z.S.-J.); (G.C.-L.)
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- Departamento de Produccion y Sanidad Animal, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad Cardenal Herrera-CEU, CEU Universities, C/Tirant lo Blanc 7, Alfara del Patriarca, 46115 Valencia, Spain;
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- Unidad Laguna, Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro, Torreón 25315, Coahuila, Mexico; (Z.S.-J.); (G.C.-L.)
- Correspondence: (J.M.G.-M.); (A.G.-B.)
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- Departamento de Farmacologia y Toxicologia, Facultad de Veterinaria, UCM, Ciudad Universitaria s/n, 28040 Madrid, Spain
- Departamento de Produccion y Sanidad Animal, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad Cardenal Herrera-CEU, CEU Universities, C/Tirant lo Blanc 7, Alfara del Patriarca, 46115 Valencia, Spain;
- Correspondence: (J.M.G.-M.); (A.G.-B.)
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Santos-Jimenez Z, Guillen-Gargallo S, Encinas T, Berlinguer F, Veliz-Deras FG, Martinez-Ros P, Gonzalez-Bulnes A. Use of Propylene-Glycol as a Cosolvent for GnRH in Synchronization of Estrus and Ovulation in Sheep. Animals (Basel) 2020; 10:ani10050897. [PMID: 32455785 PMCID: PMC7278457 DOI: 10.3390/ani10050897] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2020] [Revised: 05/18/2020] [Accepted: 05/19/2020] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Simple Summary The foreseeable shortage of equine chorionic gonadotrophin (eCG) for estrus synchronization in sheep will have a huge impact on breeders using out-of-season breeding, artificial insemination, or embryo transfer because there is no other product with similar activity. Hence, there is a strong need for alternative protocols. The aim of the present work was to evaluate the reproductive response of sheep in breeding season to the administration of gonadotrophin-releasing hormone (GnRH) using propylene-glycol as a cosolvent, as well as the most adequate timing for such administration. From the results obtained, protocols based on a short-term treatment with a Controlled Internal Drug Release (CIDR) device and a single dose of GnRH in propylene-glycol at 36 h after CIDR removal may constitute an alternative to traditional protocols based on the administration of a single dose of eCG at CIDR removal. Abstract The foreseen shortage of eCG for estrus synchronization in sheep makes necessary the development of alternative protocols. The aim of the present work was to evaluate the reproductive response of sheep in breeding season to the administration of GnRH using propylene-glycol as a cosolvent and the subcutaneous route for slowing and extending the release of GnRH, as well as the most adequate timing for such administration. In the present study, protocols based on a short-term CIDR treatment and a single subcutaneous dose of GnRH in propylene-glycol at 36 h after CIDR removal induced a similar ovarian response to protocols based on administration of eCG at CIDR removal or intramuscular GnRH in distilled water at 56 h after. In such protocol, 80% of the animals developed estrus in a narrow timing (75% between 36 and 48 h after CIDR removal), and all of them also ovulated in a narrow window (87.5% between 72 and 76 h after CIDR removal, with 62.5% between 72 and 76 h) and showed a similar ovulation rate and plasma progesterone concentrations at the induced estrous cycle. Hence, administration of GnRH in propylene-glycol may constitute an alternative to traditional protocols based on the administration of eCG.
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- Zurisaday Santos-Jimenez
- Departamento de Farmacologia y Toxicologia Facultad de Veterinaria, UCM, Ciudad Universitaria s/n, 28040 Madrid, Spain; (Z.S.-J.); (T.E.); (A.G.-B.)
- Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro, Torreón, Coahuila 25315, Mexico;
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- Departamento de Produccion y Sanidad Animal, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad Cardenal Herrera-CEU, CEU Universities, C/ Tirant lo Blanc, 7, Alfara del Patriarca, 46115 Valencia, Spain;
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- Departamento de Farmacologia y Toxicologia Facultad de Veterinaria, UCM, Ciudad Universitaria s/n, 28040 Madrid, Spain; (Z.S.-J.); (T.E.); (A.G.-B.)
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- Dipartamento di Medicina Veterinaria, Università degli Studi di Sassari, Via Vienna 2, 07100 Sassari, Italy;
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- Departamento de Produccion y Sanidad Animal, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad Cardenal Herrera-CEU, CEU Universities, C/ Tirant lo Blanc, 7, Alfara del Patriarca, 46115 Valencia, Spain;
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +34961369000
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- Departamento de Farmacologia y Toxicologia Facultad de Veterinaria, UCM, Ciudad Universitaria s/n, 28040 Madrid, Spain; (Z.S.-J.); (T.E.); (A.G.-B.)
- Departamento de Reproduccion Animal, INIA, Avda. Puerta de Hierro s/n, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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Efficiency of CIDR-Based Protocols Including GnRH Instead of eCG for Estrus Synchronization in Sheep. Animals (Basel) 2019; 9:ani9040146. [PMID: 30987248 PMCID: PMC6523624 DOI: 10.3390/ani9040146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2019] [Revised: 03/29/2019] [Accepted: 04/01/2019] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Simple Summary This study examines the preovulatory and ovulatory events (in terms of the timing of onset of estrus behavior, preovulatory LH surge, and ovulation) and the yields obtained (in terms of ovulation rate, progesterone secretion, and fertility) after insertion of controlled internal drug release (CIDR) devices for 5 days and treatment with equine chorionic gonadotrophin (eCG) or gonadotrophin-releasing hormone (GnRH). Abstract The present study examined, for meat sheep (Segureña breed; 2–5-years old, mean body score of 3.5 ± 0.5), the timings of onset of estrus behavior, preovulatory luteinizing hormone (LH) surge and ovulation, and the ovulation rate and fertility obtained after insertion of controlled internal drug release (CIDR) devices for 5 days plus treatment with equine chorionic gonadotrophin (eCG; single dose at CIDR removal, n = 19 ewes) or gonadotrophin-releasing hormone (GnRH, either in a single dose at 56 h after CIDR removal, group CIDR-GnRH, n = 19 ewes; or in one dose at CIDR insertion and another dose 56 h after CIDR removal, group GnRH-CIDR-GnRH, n = 19 ewes). In all the ewes, the appearance of estrus behavior ranged between 84% and 90% and all females showing estrus signs had subsequent preovulatory LH peaks and ovulations. Onset of these events was earlier in the CIDR-eCG group than in the CIDR-GnRH and GnRH-CIDR-GnRH groups (p < 0.05). These differences were mainly determined by the onset of estrus behavior, since timing and intervals of LH peak and ovulation were similar among treatments. In fact, the range of ovulations was narrower in the GnRH-CIDR-GnRH group, which suggests better synchronization of follicular growth (p < 0.05). In conclusion, protocols with two doses of GnRH offer similar yields to eCG protocols.
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Martinez-Ros P, Rios-Abellan A, Gonzalez-Bulnes A. Influence of Progesterone-Treatment Length and eCG Administration on Appearance of Estrus Behavior, Ovulatory Success and Fertility in Sheep. Animals (Basel) 2018; 9:E9. [PMID: 30587794 PMCID: PMC6357198 DOI: 10.3390/ani9010009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2018] [Revised: 12/11/2018] [Accepted: 12/24/2018] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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The present study characterizes, for sheep, the occurrence and timing of the onset of estrus behavior and ovulation and the yields obtained (ovulation rate, progesterone secretion, and fertility) after Controlled Internal Drug Release (CIDR) insertion for five, six, seven, or fourteen days, with or without equine chorionic gonadotrophin (eCG) in ewes of the Segureña meat breed. All the treatments showed above 80% of females displaying estrus, but the onset of estrus was earlier and more synchronized when using eCG and, among groups with eCG, onset of estrus was earlier in the sheep treated for 14 days than in the short-term treatments (p < 0.05 for all). Administration of eCG after either short- or long-term treatments assured the occurrence of fertile ovulations in all the animals. Conversely, ovulatory success without eCG was found to be dependent on treatment length, with a high percentage of animals ovulating after five days of treatment (83.3%) and very low percentages after treatment for six or seven days (40% and 20%, respectively). Ovulation rate and progesterone secretion were similar among animals ovulating, but ovulation failures predetermined the fertility yields obtained in response to the treatments. Hence, the best results were found after treatment for 14 days plus eCG, and for 5 days without eCG (83.3 for both, p < 0.05 when compared to the other groups with different treatment lengths and with or without eCG).
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- Paula Martinez-Ros
- Departamento de Produccion y Sanidad Animal, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad Cardenal Herrera-CEU, CEU Universities, C/ Tirant lo Blanc, 7, Alfara del Patriarca, 46115 Valencia, Spain.
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- Departamento de Produccion y Sanidad Animal, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad Cardenal Herrera-CEU, CEU Universities, C/ Tirant lo Blanc, 7, Alfara del Patriarca, 46115 Valencia, Spain.
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- Departamento de Reproduccion Animal, Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria (INIA), Avda. Puerta de Hierro s/n. 28040 Madrid, Spain.
- Departamento de Toxicologia y Farmacologia, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Ciudad Universitaria s/n. 28040 Madrid, Spain.
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