The effect of exogenous progesterone on plasma LH and milk progesterone concentrations in multiple-suckling post-partum cows |
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Authors: | AR Peters DS Hewitt GE Lamming |
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Institution: | ARC Research Group on Hormones and Farm Animal Reproduction, University of Nottingham, School of Agriculture, Sutton Bonington, Loughborough, Leicestershire, Great Britain |
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Abstract: | Fourteen Friesian cows each suckling four calves were treated for a 7-day period (a) between days 20–40 post partum with progesterone-releasing intravaginal devices (PRID) containing 2% progesterone (Group 1; n = 5), (b) between days 51–264 post partum with PRIDS containing 2% progesterone (Group 2; n = 6) and (c) between days 29–214 days post partum with PRIDS containing 0% progesterone (Group 3; n = 3). Mean plasma LH concentrations decreased during PRID treatment in Group 2 cows only and pre-ovulatory LH surges were observed in of these cows between 38 and 84 h after coil removal. All Group 2 cows underwent at least one ovarian cycle following PRID removal. No pre-ovulatory LH surges were observed in either Group 1 or Group 3 cows and only one cow (Group 3) underwent an ovarian cycle after treatment. It is suggested that there is an increase in pituitary responsiveness to the feedback effects of progesterone during the post-partum period. |
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