A preliminary study of growth, serum prolactin and reproductive performance of beef heifers grazing Acremonium coenophialum -infected tall fescue.

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A preliminary study of growth, serum prolactin and reproductive performance of beef heifers grazing Acremonium coenophialum -infected tall fescue. Abstract Text:

M D Fanning,J C Spitzer,D L Cross,F N Thompson,

In an experiment with a 2x2 factorial arrangement of treatments, 32 virgin Angus heifers were used to study effects of tall fescue endophyte Acremonium coenophialum and energy supplementation on reproductive performance. Treatments were feeding of endophyte-free (EF) or endophyte-infected (EI) tall fescue without (0%) and with energy supplementation at one percent group mean body weight (1%). Blood samples were collected at 28-day intervals for prolactin (PRL). Starting 21 days before the breeding season, blood was also collected weekly for progesterone (P(4)) and PRL. After 99 days of grazing, heifers received Syncro-Mate-B (SMB) and were then artificially inseminated over a 30-day period. Heifers on EI-0% had a lower (P<0.05) average final body weight. Highest average daily gain was observed in heifers fed EF-1% (0.98 kg/day), whereas, heifers fed EI-0% had lowest average daily gain (0.53 kg/day; P<0.05). Endophyte-infected fescue depressed serum PRL concentrations (171 and 143 ng/ml vs 70 and 85 ng/ml; EF-0% and EF-1% vs EI-0% and EI-1%, respectively; P<0.05). No differences were observed among treatments in luteal activity before or after SMB, in pregnancy rates after a synchronized estrus or in overall pregnancy rates during the 30-day breeding season. Endophyte-infected fescue decreased average daily gain and depressed serum concentrations of prolactin, but had no effect on reproductive performance as measured in this study.

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MD Fanning,JC Spitzer,DL Cross,FN Thompson,

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Journal: Theriogenology

VOLUME: 38

Page Numbers: 375-84

Journal Abbreviation: Theriogenology

ISSN: 0093-691X

DAY: 26

MONTH: Sep

YEAR: 1992

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