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Ovulatory response to GnRH agonist during early and late fall in mares

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THERIOGENOLOGY
卷 185, 期 -, 页码 140-148

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ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2022.03.003

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Ovulation; Deslorelin acetate; Progesterone; Luteal function

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  1. Department of Veterinary Clinical Medicine, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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This study evaluated the ovulatory response of mares to deslorelin acetate during the fall and their response to PGF2 alpha 8 days post-ovulation. The results showed that mares displayed a highly efficacious response to deslorelin acetate and apparently normal luteal function during the fall, despite lower edema scores in late fall.
This study aimed to assess the ovulatory response of deslorelin acetate during the fall and the response to PGF2 alpha 8 d post-ovulation. One hundred estrous cycles from 22 mares kept in 40 degrees latitude were evaluated. Mares were checked by transrectal ultrasonography until a preovulatory follicle was detected and ovulation induced with deslorelin acetate. Ovulation was confirmed by ultrasonography performed at 24, 36 h post-induction and then repeated at 2-h intervals post-induction. Serum progesterone concentrations and luteal tissue area were determined daily to assess CL function. A dose of PGF2 alpha was administered 8 d post-ovulation and interval to the subsequent ovulation was observed; each mare completed up to five cycles. The effects of local climate on endpoints were analyzed. Cycles were grouped as early (Sept 13, 2020-Oct 31, 2020; n = 55; 22 mares) and late fall (Nov 1, 2020-Dec 31, 2020; n = 45; 20 mares) based on the date of induction. The overall number of cycles with ovulations between 24 and 48 h was 90%. The number of multiple ovulations were similar between early (n = 5) and late (n = 4) fall (P = 0.87). There were no differences in deemed spontaneous ovulations occurring before 24 h between early (n = 6) and late (n = 2) fall (P = 0.29). Two failures to respond to deslorelin by 48 h were recorded in early fall and none in the late fall. The interval from induction to ovulation was similar in early (40.6 +/- 0.4 h) and late (41.2 +/- 0.5 h) fall (P = 0.55). The percentage of mares ovulating between 36 and 48 h post-deslorelin did not vary between early and late fall (91 vs. 95%, P = 0.21), as did not for ovulation occurring between 38 h and 44 h (62 vs. 60%, P = 0.69). Edema scores varied with time relative to ovulation (P < 0.001) and were lower in late fall (P = 0.01). Progesterone concentrations varied with time (P < 0.001) but did not differ between early and late fall (P = 0.73) and correlated weakly with the luteal area (r = 0.13; P = 0.031). Follicles <35 mm at the PGF2 alpha had a shorter interval to the next ovulation than follicles >= 35 mm (9.2 +/- 0.5 d vs. 10.6 +/- 1.2 d) (P = 0.03). Lower temperature was associated with a smaller follicle size at induction (P = 0.0021) and ovulation (P = 0.009) and lower relative humidity was associated with a larger follicle size at ovulation (P = 0.032). In conclusion, cycling mares displayed a highly efficacious response to deslorelin acetate and apparently normal luteal function during the fall, despite lower edema scores in late fall. (C) 2022 Published by Elsevier Inc.

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