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Endocrine and superovulatory responses in heifers pretreated with FSH or bovine follicular fluid.

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    j g lussierJ G Lussier,t d carruthersT D Carruthers,

    This study examined the effects of altered serum FSH concentration on subsequent ovarian response to superovulation. Synchronized heifers were assigned randomly on Day 1 of the cycle (estrus = Day 0) to three pretreatment groups that consisted of 6-d of saline (7ml, s.c., b.i.d.; Group I), FSH-P (0.5 mg, i.m., b.i.d.; Group II) or charcoal-extracted bovine follicular fluid (BFF; 7 ml, s.c., b.i.d.; Group III) injections. Superovulation was initiated on Day 7 and consisted of FSH-P in decreasing dosages over 4 d (4,3,2,1 mg; i.m., b.i.d.), with cloprostenol (500 mug) on the morning of the third day. A second replicate with 14 heifers was conducted using the same protocol but twice the pretreatment dosage of FSH-P (1 mg) and BFF (14 ml). Endogenous plasma FSH decreased during BFF and FSH-P pretreatments compared to controls (P < 0.02). Endogenous FSH concentrations in both primed groups (II and III) were similar to control values (Group I) 12 h after the start of superovulation. Basal LH concentrations were not different between pretreatment groups. The interval from cloprostenol treatment to the preovulatory LH surge in Group III was 21.3 and 23.9 h longer (P < 0.0001) than it was in Groups I and II. The postovulation progesterone rise was delayed in Group III. The number of corpora lutea (CL) was lowest in the BFF-primed group (4.2 +/- 0.8) compared with the FSH-primed (7.4 +/- 1.3) and the control (12.0 +/- 1.8; P < 0.003) groups. In the FSH-primed group (0.68 +/- 0.06 cm(3)), CL volumes were larger than in the control group (0.45 +/- 0.03 cm(3)), whereas in the BFF-primed group (0.27 +/- 0.02 cm(3)) CL volumes were smaller compared with the control group (P < 0.0001). Mean FSH concentrations for 48 h preceding superovulation and the number of CL per cow were positively correlated (r = 0.55; P < 0.004; n = 26). We concluded that both FSH-P and BFF pretreatments decreased the superovulatory response of heifers to FSH-P. The mechanism for this would appear to be associated with reduced endogenous FSH prior to the start of superovulation.

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    jg lussierJG Lussier,td carruthersTD Carruthers,

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    Journal: Theriogenology

    VOLUME: 31

    Page Numbers: 779-94

    Journal Abbreviation: Theriogenology

    ISSN: 0093-691X

    DAY: 26

    MONTH: Apr

    YEAR: 1989

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    AFFILIATION: Agriculture Canada Research Station, C.P.90 Lennoxville, Québec, Canada, J1M 1Z3.

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