Onset of puberty in CD-1 mouse pups exposed prenatally through weaning to endophyte-infected tall fescue seed.

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D R Varney,L A Varney,R W Hemken,P M Zavos,M R Siegel,

This study was undertaken to investigate the effects of feeding endophyte - infected (Acremonium coenophialum ) tall fescue seed to CD-1 mouse dams (P(1)) during gestation and lactation, and on the subsequent growth and sexual maturity (onset of puberty) of their male and female offspring (F(1)). Forty-eight 21 d old pups (24 male and 24 female F(1) mice) were weaned from dams fed one of two diets containing 50% rodent chow (w/w) and 50% KY-31 tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea ) seed. The seed in Diet 1 was noninfected, while the seed in Diet 2 was 80% endophyte-infected. At weaning (21 d), the F(1) pups were fed rodent chow, ad libitum throughout the remaining experimental period. At 24 d, they were paired with sexually mature non-treated virgin CD-1 mice (fed 100% rodent chow) for one parturition cycle. Male F(1) mice were sacrificed at 84 d to determine testicular development. The age at the birth of the first litter for Diet 2 F(1) male (76.8 +/- 2.2 d) and female (58.4 +/- 2.1 d) was significantly greater (P<0.05) than the age at parturition for Diet 1 male and female F(1) test mice (64.1 +/- 1.8 and 51.9 +/- 1.2 d, respectively). At parturition, the female F(1) mice showed no significant differences (P>0.05) in either mean parturition weight or number of F(2) pups born per litter. However, total F(2) litter wight (11.38 +/- 1.14 g) and mean weight per F(2) pup (1.40 +/- 0.04 g) for Diet 2 female F(1) mice litters were lower (P<0.05) when compared with Diet 1 females (14.53 +/- 0.57 g and 1.66 +/- 0.02 g, respectively). No significant differences were observed between the two male F(1) treatment groups, for total F(2) litter weight or the number of pups born per F(2) litter. Although Diet 2 F(1) males weighed significantly less (P<0.05) at weaning and at pairing, final body weights at sacrifice (84 d) were not different (P>0.05) from the Diet 1 males.

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Journal: Theriogenology

VOLUME: 35

Page Numbers: 883-92

Journal Abbreviation: Theriogenology

ISSN: 0093-691X

DAY: 26

MONTH: May

YEAR: 1991

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