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dc.contributor.authorHerlihy, Mary M.*
dc.contributor.authorCrowe, Mark A*
dc.contributor.authorDiskin, Michael G.*
dc.contributor.authorButler, Stephen*
dc.date.accessioned2012-12-17T15:47:51Z
dc.date.available2012-12-17T15:47:51Z
dc.date.issued2012-02
dc.identifier.citationM.M. Herlihy, M.A. Crowe, M.G. Diskin, S.T. Butler. Effects of synchronization treatments on ovarian follicular dynamics, corpus luteum growth, and circulating steroid hormone concentrations in lactating dairy cows. Journal of Dairy Science, 95(2), February 2012: 743–754. DOI:10.3168/jds.2011-4779en_GB
dc.identifier.issn0022-0302
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11019/303
dc.descriptionPeer-revieweden_GB
dc.description.abstractLactating dairy cows (n = 57) ≥45 d postpartum at first service were enrolled in a randomized complete block design study to evaluate treatments to synchronize estrus and ovulation. At 10 d before artificial insemination (AI), animals were randomly assigned to 1 of 3 treatments: (1) d −10 GnRH (GnRH1; 10 μg of buserelin, i.m.) and controlled internal drug release insert [CIDR, 1.38 g of progesterone (P4)]; d −3 PGF2α (PGF; 25 mg of dinoprost, i.m.); d −2 CIDR out; and AI at observed estrus (CIDR_OBS); (2) same as CIDR_OBS, but GnRH (GnRH2) 36 h after CIDR out and timed AI (TAI) 18 h later (CIDR_TAI); or (3) same as CIDR_TAI, but no CIDR (Ovsynch). Transrectal ultrasound was used to assess follicle size before ovulation and on d 4, 8, and 15 after the presumptive day of estrus (d 0) to measure the corpus luteum (CL). Blood samples were collected to determine concentrations of estradiol (E2; d −10, −9, −3, −2, −1, and 0) and P4 (d −10, −9, −2, −1, 0, 1, 4, 6, 8, 11, and 15). No treatment differences were observed in either circulating concentrations of P4 or the ovulatory response to GnRH1 at the onset of synchronization treatments. Circulating concentrations of P4 were greater for CIDR_OBS and CIDR_TAI compared with Ovsynch at 24 h after CIDR insertion (5.34 and 4.98 vs. 1.75 ng/mL) and immediately before CIDR removal (1.65 and 1.48 vs. 0.40 ng/mL). Peak circulating concentrations of E2 were greater for CIDR_OBS compared with Ovsynch (3.85 vs. 2.39 pg/mL), but CIDR_TAI (2.82 pg/mL) did not differ from either CIDR_OBS or Ovsynch. The interval from PGF injection to peak circulating E2 did not differ between CIDR_TAI and Ovsynch (52.1 vs. 49.8 h). Both CIDR_TAI and Ovsynch, however, had shorter intervals from PGF injection to peak circulating E2 concentrations compared with CIDR_OBS (67.8 h). The diameter of the dominant follicle before ovulation was greater for CIDR_OBS compared with Ovsynch (18.5 vs. 16.0 mm) but CIDR_TAI (17.1 mm) did not differ from either of the other treatments. The mean interval from PGF to ovulation was longer for CIDR_OBS (100.0 h) compared with CIDR_TAI and Ovsynch (84.4 and 83.2 h, respectively). Use of CIDR_OBS resulted in increased preovulatory follicle size and greater circulating concentrations of E2 due to a longer period of preovulatory follicle growth. Progesterone supplementation during synchronization and GnRH on the day before TAI affected ovulatory follicle size, and periovulatory circulating concentrations of P4 and E2. No differences, however, in postovulatory P4 or luteal volume profiles were observed.en_GB
dc.language.isoenen_GB
dc.publisherElsevier Inc.; American Dairy Science Associationen_GB
dc.relation.ispartofseriesJournal of Dairy Science;Vol. 95
dc.subjectEstrous synchronizationen_GB
dc.subjectOvsynchen_GB
dc.subjectProgesteroneen_GB
dc.subjectDairy cowen_GB
dc.titleEffects of synchronization treatments on ovarian follicular dynamics, corpus luteum growth, and circulating steroid hormone concentrations in lactating dairy cowsen_GB
dc.typeArticleen_GB
dc.identifier.rmis5672
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.3168/jds.2011-4779
dc.contributor.sponsorNational Development Plan Ireland
dc.contributor.sponsorDairy Levy Research Trust
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