EFFECT OF DIETARY MONENSIN ON OVARIAN RESPONSE FOLLOWING GONADOTROPIN TREATMENT IN PREPUBERAL HEIFERS
EFFECT OF DIETARY MONENSIN ON OVARIAN RESPONSE FOLLOWING GONADOTROPIN TREATMENT IN PREPUBERAL HEIFERS
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DOI:
10.2527/jas1980.513692x
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发表时间:
1980-01-01
影响因子:
3.3
通讯作者:
CARROLL, LH
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作者:
BUSHMICH, SL;RANDEL, RD;CARROLL, LH
Prepuberal Charolais .times. Brahman-Hereford heifers (20) were randomly assigned to be fed a concentrate containing either 0 mg (C) or 200 mg (M) monensin sodium per head per day. Coastal bermudagrass hay was fed ad lib. Average daily gain was similar for the 2 groups. Each heifer received 1 mg of porcine follicle stimulating hormone (FSH-P) (Armour) at 0800 and 2000 h on days 22-26 (10 mg total) and 2500 IU human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) on day 27. Flank laparotomy was performed on day 30, for examination of ovaries and ovariectomy was performed on day 37. Average ovarian size .+-. standard error at day 15 was 3730 .+-. 66 mm3 and 1848 .+-. 55 mm3 for groups M and C, respectively (P < 0.025), as measured by rectal palpation. Numbers of ovulation sites measured on day 30 were 9.1 .+-. 2.2 and 4.9 .+-. 1.8 per heifer for groups M and C, respectively (P < 0.01). After ovariectomy on day 37, heifers fed M had greater ovarian weight (P < 0.05), more corpora lutea (CL) (P < 0.05), greater total luteal weight (P < 0.05), more follicles (P < 0.01) and greater weight of follicular fluid (P < 0.05) and stroma (P < 0.025) than controls. CL were analyzed for progesterone content by spectrophotometric procedures. Heifers fed M had slightly larger CL (P < 0.10) with progesterone concentrations similar to those in CL from controls. This resulted in more luteal progesterone/CL and more luteal progesterone per heifer in M heifers than in controls. Prepuberal heifers fed M, which caused expected shifts in rumen fermentation and volatile fatty acid production, exhibited an enhanced ovarian response to gonadotropins compared to controls.