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Consentini CEC, Melo LF, Abadia T, Gonzales B, Motta JCL, Alves RLOR, E Silva LO, Wiltbank MC, Sartori R. Comparison of gonadotropin-releasing hormone and estradiol benzoate plus gonadotropin-releasing hormone to initiate a progesterone-based timed artificial insemination resynchronization protocol in lactating dairy cows. J Dairy Sci 2024; 107:5122-5131. [PMID: 38331175 DOI: 10.3168/jds.2023-23923] [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: 06/30/2023] [Accepted: 01/11/2024] [Indexed: 02/10/2024]
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The present study compared 2 strategies to initiate a progesterone (P4)-based timed artificial insemination (TAI) protocol for lactating dairy cows: only GnRH or estradiol benzoate (EB) plus GnRH (EB+GnRH). Lactating Holstein cows (n = 487; 184 primiparous and 303 multiparous) from 2 commercial dairy herds were used for their second or greater services postpartum. Each week, cows that were nonpregnant at the pregnancy diagnosis 32 d after a previous AI were randomly assigned to 1 of 2 experimental groups that differed only in the strategy to initiate (d 0) the TAI protocol. On d 0, every cow received a 2.0-g P4 implant; in the EB+GnRH group, cows were treated with 2.0 mg i.m. of EB and 16.8 µg i.m. of the GnRH analog buserelin acetate, whereas in the GnRH group, cows received only 16.8 µg i.m. of GnRH. On d 7 after the initial treatment, 0.530 mg i.m. of cloprostenol sodium (PGF) was administered in all cows, followed by a second dose on d 8, concomitant with 1.0 mg i.m. of estradiol cypionate and P4 implant withdrawal. The TAI was performed on d 10 (48 h after P4 device withdrawal) in both experimental groups. Only conventional Holstein semen was used throughout the study. The percentage of cows with corpus luteum (CL) on d 0 (73%) and overall ovulation rate after d 0 (54%) did not differ between groups. The CL regression between d 0 and the first PGF treatment was greater in the EB+GnRH group than the GnRH group (42% vs. 31%). Consequently, the proportion of cows with CL at PGF was greater when only GnRH was used on d 0 compared with EB+GnRH (86% vs. 82%), and the mean number of CL at PGF was greater (1.23 vs. 1.11). The expression of estrus near TAI was greater in GnRH group (84% vs. 77%), and cows showing estrus had greater (44% vs. 10%) pregnancy per AI (P/AI) on d 32 for both treatments. We found no effect of the presence of CL on d 0 or at PGF, nor of ovulation after d 0 or CL regression between d 0 and d 7 on fertility. However, fertility was critically impaired when cows did not have CL at both times, d 0 and at PGF treatment. We did not observe any interaction between treatment and other variables, and the P/AI was similar in cows receiving EB+GnRH or only GnRH on d 0 (37.8% vs. 36.6%). In summary, although there was no detectable difference in P/AI between treatments, this study demonstrated potential negative physiological outcomes caused by EB treatment on d 0 (greater incidence of luteolysis after d 0 and fewer cows with CL at PGF treatment). Overall, we found no benefit of adding EB at the initiation of a P4-based TAI protocol on fertility compared with using GnRH alone, despite differences in ovarian dynamics and expression of estrus.
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Affiliation(s)
- Carlos E C Consentini
- Department of Animal Science, University of São Paulo, Piracicaba, SP 13418-900, Brazil; Department of Animal and Dairy Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 53706
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- School of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Federal University of Goiás, Goiânia, GO 74690-900, Brazil
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- Department of Animal Science, University of São Paulo, Piracicaba, SP 13418-900, Brazil
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- Department of Animal Science, University of São Paulo, Piracicaba, SP 13418-900, Brazil
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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
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- Department of Animal Science, University of São Paulo, Piracicaba, SP 13418-900, Brazil.
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Pereira MHC, Cappellozza BI, Cerri RLA, Sanches CP, Guida TG, Barbosa LFSP, Santos JEP, Vasconcelos JLM. Effects of additional gonadotropin-releasing hormone and prostaglandin F 2α treatment to an estradiol/progesterone-based embryo transfer protocol for recipient lactating dairy cows. J Dairy Sci 2023; 106:1414-1428. [PMID: 36460499 DOI: 10.3168/jds.2022-22134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2022] [Accepted: 08/29/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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This study was designed to evaluate whether the utilization of a second PGF2α treatment at the end of an estradiol/progesterone (E2/P4)-based protocol with or without GnRH at the beginning of the protocol would improve pregnancy rates of lactating Holstein cows assigned to timed embryo transfer. A total of 501 lactating Holstein cows in 5 farms were enrolled in the experiment. Within farm, cows were blocked by parity and, within block, were assigned randomly to (1) insertion of an intravaginal P4 device (controlled internal drug-releasing device; CIDR) and estradiol benzoate on d -11, PGF2α on d -4, CIDR withdrawal and an injection of estradiol cypionate on d -2, and timed embryo transfer on d 7 (1-PGF; n = 164); (2) the same treatments as 1-PGF, but with PGF2α administered on d -4 and -2 (2-PGF; n = 171); and (3) 2-PGF with the addition of a GnRH treatment on d -11 (GnRH+2-PGF; n = 166). Ovaries were scanned by transrectal ultrasonography on d -11, -4, and 7, and blood samples were collected on d -11, -4, 0, and 7 for P4 determination. Treatment comparisons were performed using contrasts. The proportion of cows with a new corpus luteum on d -4 was greater in GnRH+2-PGF cows. Cows in 1-PGF had a greater P4 concentration on d 0 but lesser P4 on d 7 compared with cows in the other groups. Cows assigned to receive 2-PGF (2-PGF and GnRH+2-PGF) had greater estrus expression, and a greater proportion of cows ovulated to estradiol cypionate. No further contrast effects were observed for follicle diameter, double ovulation rate, pregnancy per embryo transfer (P/ET) on d 32 and 60, or pregnancy loss. As P4 concentration on d -4 increased, P/ET on d 60 tended to increase. Cows with P4 ≥3.66 ng/mL on d -4 had greater P/ET on d 32 and 60 than those with P4 below that threshold. Regardless of treatment, cows with P4 concentration ≥3.66 ng/mL also had a greater pregnancy per synchronized protocol (P/SP) on d 60. Also, a P4 concentration on d -4 (low or high) × follicle diameter (continuous) interaction tendency was observed when evaluating P/ET. Although P/ET did not differ among cows with different follicles sizes with reduced P4 concentration on d -4 (<3.66 ng/mL), it increased in cows with larger follicles exposed to increased P4 concentration (≥3.66 ng/mL). When P4 on d 0 was evaluated, P/ET on d 32 and 60 was greater for cows with low (≤0.09 ng/mL) versus high (>0.21 ng/mL) P4; as P4 concentration on d 0 increased, P/ET linearly decreased. In summary, cows with increased P4 concentrations during growth of the ovulatory follicular wave had improved P/ET. Administering a second PGF2α dose reduced P4 concentration on d 0 and increased ovulatory response to the protocol, but no benefits were observed on P/ET or P/SP.
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- M H C Pereira
- Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Botucatu, SP 18618-000, Brazil
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- Chr. Hansen Animal Health & Nutrition, Hoersholm, 2970, Denmark
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- Faculty of Land and Food Systems, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada V6T 1Z4
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- Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Botucatu, SP 18618-000, Brazil
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- Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Botucatu, SP 18618-000, Brazil
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- Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Botucatu, SP 18618-000, Brazil
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- Department of Animal Sciences, D.H. Barron Reproductive and Perinatal Biology Research Program, University of Florida, Gainesville 32611
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- Department of Animal Production, São Paulo State University, Botucatu 18168-000, Brazil.
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Abdalla H, Salem SE, Elsohaby I, Swelum AA. Likelihood of pregnancy in cows identified with different amounts of anechoic intrauterine fluid at the time of insemination. Anim Reprod Sci 2021; 226:106688. [PMID: 33476904 DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2021.106688] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2020] [Revised: 12/23/2020] [Accepted: 12/28/2020] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Effects of amount of anechoic intrauterine fluid (IUF) and size of largest follicle at insemination on proportion of cows pregnant as a result of AI (P/AI percentage), as well as factors associated with amount of IUF and size of the follicle were investigated. Follicle size was determined, and amount of IUF in the largest uterine segment was categorized as containing no fluid, ≤10, >10-20, and >20 mm using the ultrasonic monitor grid in 735 cows at time of insemination. Multivariable regression models were constructed to evaluate effects of different variables on P/AI percentage, and variables associated with the IUF score and follicle size. On day 30 post-insemination, the P/AI percentage was greater in cows that had >10 to 20 mm IUF than cows with no IUF (OR = 1.9, P = 0.01), but on day 70 post-insemination, the P/AI percentage was similar in cows with different amounts of IUF. Follicle size was not associated with P/AI percentage on days 30 and 70 post-insemination. Cows in spontaneous estrus, multiparous cows, cows with a cystic structure and a typically functional follicle, and Holstein cows had a greater likelihood for a larger IUF value. Primiparous cows, cows on which there was imposing of a hormonal-ovulation-synchronization regimen, and crossbred cows were more likely to have smaller follicles. In conclusion, amount of IUF at the time of insemination and size of the follicle were not associated with P/AI percentage, and several variables were associated with amount of IUF or follicle size.
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- Hany Abdalla
- Department of Theriogenology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Sharkia Governorate 44511, Egypt.
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- Department of Surgery, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Sharkia Governorate 44511, Egypt
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- Department of Animal Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Sharkia Governorate 44511, Egypt; Department of Health Management, Atlantic Veterinary College, University of Prince Edward Island, 550 University Avenue, Charlottetown, PEI C1A 4P3, Canada
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- Department of Theriogenology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Sharkia Governorate 44511, Egypt; Department of Animal Production, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2460, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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Pereira MHC, Lopes FR, Munhoz AK, Pohler KG, Filho RVO, Cappellozza BI, Vasconcelos JLM. Increasing the length of an estradiol with progesterone timed artificial insemination protocol with 2 controlled internal drug release devices improves pregnancy per artificial insemination in lactating dairy cows. J Dairy Sci 2020; 104:1073-1086. [PMID: 33131810 DOI: 10.3168/jds.2020-18872] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2020] [Accepted: 08/17/2020] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The objective of this study was to compare the effects of different lengths of ovulation synchronization protocols using 2 controlled internal drug release (CIDR) devices on ovarian dynamics and pregnancy outcomes in lactating dairy cows. Lactating Holstein cows (n = 1,979) were randomly assigned to receive timed artificial insemination (TAI; d 0) following 1 of 2 treatments: (1) 9-d protocol (n = 988; 9D) with 2 intravaginal devices containing 1.9 g of progesterone (CIDR) and 2.0 mg of estradiol benzoate on day -11; 25 mg (i.m.) of dinoprost tromethamine (PG) and withdrawal of 1 CIDR on d -4; 1.0 mg (i.m.) of estradiol cypionate, second CIDR withdrawal, and PG on d -2; and TAI on d 0 and (2) 10-d protocol (n = 991; 10D) with 2 CIDR and 2.0 mg of estradiol benzoate on d -12; 25 mg of PG and withdrawal of 1 CIDR on d -4; 1.0 mg of estradiol, second CIDR withdrawal, and PG on d -2; and TAI on d 0. There was no effect of protocol on estrus detection, whereas a greater percentage of cows from 10D had ovulated close to TAI [no corpus luteum (CL) at AI and a CL at d 7] versus cows assigned to 9D protocol. A protocol × heat stress (average cow temperature ≥39.1°C on day of AI and d 7) interaction was observed in a manner that pregnancy per AI (P/AI) was greater in non-heat-stressed 10D versus 9D cows, whereas P/AI did not differ when cows were under heat stress. Furthermore, 10D protocol did not increase P/AI when all cows that received AI were included in the analysis or in cows that ovulated near TAI. However, animals assigned to 9D without any event of heat stress had a reduced P/AI when compared with cows assigned to 10D without heat stress. A protocol × CL presence at the beginning of the protocol interaction was observed and cows with a CL at the beginning of the protocol had a greater P/AI in 10D versus 9D; meanwhile, in cows without a CL, no differences on P/AI were observed. The protocol × CL presence at the beginning of the protocol interaction on P/AI was also observed for cows that ovulated near TAI. A greater percentage of cows assigned to 9D had follicles of medium size (13-15.9 mm), and greater percentage of cows assigned to 10D had larger follicles (>16 mm). Increasing the length of an estradiol with progesterone-based ovulation synchronization protocol (10D vs. 9D) increased the proportion of cows with larger follicles (>16 mm) and increased P/AI in cows without heat stress and in cows with a CL at beginning of the protocol. Moreover, the 10D protocol increased the proportion of cows with ovulation near TAI, demonstrating the effectiveness of this protocol in improving the reproductive performance of lactating Holstein cows.
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- M H C Pereira
- Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Botucatu, SP 18618-000, Brazil
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- Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Botucatu, SP 18618-000, Brazil
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- Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Botucatu, SP 18618-000, Brazil
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- Department of Animal Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843
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- Department of Animal Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843
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- Department of Animal Production, São Paulo State University, Botucatu 18168-000, Brazil.
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Pereira MHC, Wiltbank MC, Guida TG, Lopes FR, Cappellozza BI, Vasconcelos JLM. Evaluation of presynchronization and addition of GnRH at the beginning of an estradiol/progesterone protocol on circulating progesterone and fertility of lactating dairy cows. Theriogenology 2019; 147:124-134. [PMID: 31787467 DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2019.11.025] [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: 06/13/2019] [Revised: 11/22/2019] [Accepted: 11/22/2019] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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The objectives of this study were to determine if the utilization of a presynchronization strategy would improve fertility at first artificial insemination (AI) during an E2/P4 ovulation synchronization protocol with or without GnRH administration at the beginning of the protocol. This experiment was conducted using cows (n = 665) at their first postpartum service and the following breeding treatment: CIDR insertion and 2.0 mg of estradiol benzoate (EB) on day -11; 25 mg dinoprost tromethamine (PG) on day -4; PG, CIDR withdrawal, and 1.0 mg of estradiol cypionate (ECP) on day -2; timed-AI on day 0. At 31 ± 3 days postpartum, cows were randomly allocated to one of three treatments on a weekly basis: 1) -P + GnRH: cows assigned to the breeding protocol with 100 μg of GnRH on day -11, 2) P + GnRH: cows assigned to a presynchronization protocol using CIDR insertion +2 mg EB on day -28, PG + ECP and CIDR withdrawal on day -21, and beginning of the breeding protocol plus GnRH (100 μg) on day -11, and 3) +P-GnRH: cows assigned to a presynchronization protocol and the breeding treatment without GnRH on day -11. No treatment effects were observed on P/AI at the pregnancy diagnoses on days 32 and 60, or for pregnancy losses between days 32 and 60 of pregnancy whether analyses included all cows or only cows that ovulated near TAI. Moreover, milk yield negatively affected P/AI. Cows with greater circulating P4 concentrations on day -4 had greater P/AI on day 60. Cows without CL on day -11 had a reduced P/AI and this effect was more significant in cows not treated with GnRH. Cows assigned to -P + GnRH had the lowest circulating P4 concentration on day -4 (3.4 ± 0.16 ng/mL), followed by + P-GnRH (4.56 ± 0.17 ng/mL), and +P + GnRH (5.08 ± 0.17 ng/mL) cohorts. The data of the current study suggest that the combination of a Presynch and GnRH administration at the beginning of a TAI protocol was the most effective way to increase the % of cows with a functional CL and with elevated circulating P4 concentrations at the time of PG treatment.
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- M H C Pereira
- Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Botucatu, SP, 18618-000, Brazil
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- Department of Dairy Science, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 53706, United States
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- Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Botucatu, SP, 18618-000, Brazil
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- Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Botucatu, SP, 18618-000, Brazil
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- Department of Animal Production, São Paulo State University, Botucatu, 18168-000, Brazil.
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Melo LF, Monteiro PLJ, Oliveira LH, Guardieiro MM, Drum JN, Wiltbank MC, Sartori R. Circulating progesterone concentrations in nonlactating Holstein cows during reuse of intravaginal progesterone implants sanitized by autoclave or chemical disinfection. J Dairy Sci 2018; 101:3537-3544. [PMID: 29428743 DOI: 10.3168/jds.2017-13569] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2017] [Accepted: 12/05/2017] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The aim of this study was to compare plasma progesterone (P4) concentrations in nonlactating, multiparous Holstein cows (n = 24) treated with 2 types of intravaginal implants containing either 1.0 or 1.9 g of P4 either at the first use or during reuse of the implants after sanitizing the implant by autoclave or chemical disinfection. In a completely randomized design with a 2 × 3 factorial arrangement and 2 replicates, every cow underwent 2 of 6 treatments. Two sources of P4 [controlled internal drug release (1.9 g of P4) from Zoetis (São Paulo, Brazil), and Sincrogest (1.0 g of P4) from Ourofino (Cravinhos, Brazil)] and 3 types of processing, new (N), reused after autoclave (RA), and reused after chemical disinfection (RC), were used. After inducing luteolysis to avoid endogenous circulating P4, the cows were randomized in 1 of 6 treatments (1.9 g of N, 1.9 g of RA, 1.9 g of RC, 1.0 g of N, 1.0 g of RA, and 1.0 g RC). Cows were treated with the implants for 8 d and during this period blood samples were collected at 0, 2, 12, 24, 48, 72, 96, 120, 144, 168, and 192 h. Statistical analyses were performed using Proc-Mixed and the mean ± standard error of the mean P4 concentrations were calculated using the Proc-Means procedures of SAS 9.4 (SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC). No interaction between treatments was observed. Comparing types of implant, average P4 concentrations during treatments were greater for 1.9 g than 1.0 g (1.46 vs. 1.14 ± 0.04 ng/mL). When types of processing were compared, average P4 concentrations did not differ between autoclaved and new inserts (1.46 vs. 1.37 ± 0.05 ng/mL; respectively), but both were greater than chemically disinfected implants (1.09 ± 0.04 ng/mL). Within 1.9-g P4 inserts, P4 concentrations from autoclaved implants were greater than new, which were greater than chemically disinfected (1.67 ± 0.06 vs. 1.49 ± 0.07 vs. 1.21 ± 0.05 ng/mL; respectively). For 1.0-g P4 implants, P4 concentrations from autoclaved did not differ from new, but both were greater than chemically disinfected (1.20 ± 0.08 vs. 1.24 ± 0.06 vs. 0.97 ± 0.05 ng/mL; respectively). In conclusion, the mean plasma P4 concentration in nonlactating Holstein cows was greater for 1.9 than 1.0 g of P4 and regardless of the type of implant, the autoclaving process provided greater circulating P4 in relation to chemical disinfection, and similar or greater P4 concentrations compared with a new implant.
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- L F Melo
- Department of Animal Science, University of São Paulo, Piracicaba, SP 13418-900 Brazil
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- Department of Animal Science, University of São Paulo, Piracicaba, SP 13418-900 Brazil
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- Department of Animal Science, University of São Paulo, Piracicaba, SP 13418-900 Brazil
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- National Agricultural Laboratory, Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply, Campinas, SP 13100-105, Brazil
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- Department of Animal Science, University of São Paulo, Piracicaba, SP 13418-900 Brazil
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- Department of Dairy Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison 53706
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- Department of Animal Science, University of São Paulo, Piracicaba, SP 13418-900 Brazil.
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