Journal
THERIOGENOLOGY
Volume 86, Issue 4, Pages 1008-1013Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2016.03.029
Keywords
Embryo; Energy balance; Swine; Ovulation
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- Co-operative Research Centre for High Integrity Australian Pork
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The present study was undertaken to examine the effect of feed restriction on ovulation rate and in vivo blastocyst development in gifts and sows. In the first experiment, gilts were feed restricted (1 vs. 2.5 times maintenance requirement) during the luteal and follicular phases before ovulation. In the second experiment, primiparous sows were feed restricted (ad lib vs. 60% thereof) during the last week of lactation before weaning. Gifts and sows were slaughtered at 5 days after ovulation to determine ovulation rate and blastocyst development. Blastocysts were also differentially stained to determine the effect of feed restriction on total, trophectoderm, and inner cell mass cell numbers. In both experiments, feed restriction delayed ovulation and reduced the number of ovulations in gilts (14.8 +/- 13 vs. 12.0 +/- 0.2; P < 0.05) and in sows (19.9 +/- 1.0 vs. 18.4 +/- 0.7). The number. of blastocysts recovered on Day 5 was similarly reduced in gilts (12.0 +/- 1.7 vs. 9.1 +/- 1.1; P < 0.10) and in sows (15.9 +/- 1.5 vs. 14.7 +/- 1.0). However, feed restriction did not affect total, trophectoderm, or inner cell mass cell numbers in gilts or sows. In conclusion, the present study reported that energy balance influences ovulation rate and blastocyst number rather than blastocyst viability as measured by cell number. (C) 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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