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Kawashima, Chiho; Fukihara, Saori; Maeda, Mayumi; Kaneko, Etsushi; Montoya, Carlos Amaya; Matsui, Motozumi; Shimizu, Takashi; Matsunaga, Nobuyoshi; Kida, Katsuya; Miyake, Yoichi; Schams, Dieter; Miyamoto, Akio; 川島, 千帆; 松井, 基純; 清水, 隆; 木田, 克弥; 三宅, 陽一; 宮本, 明夫. |
Recent studies suggest that IGF-I is a crucial regulatory factor in follicular growth during early post-partum period. The aim of the present study was to determine in detail the changing profiles of metabolic and reproductive hormones in relation to ovulation of the dominant follicle (DF) of the first follicular wave post-partum in high-producing dairy cows. Plasma concentrations of related hormones in 22 multiparous Holstein cows were measured from 4 weeks pre-partum to 3 weeks post-partum, and the development of DF was observed with colour Doppler ultrasound. Thirteen cows showed ovulation by 15.2 days post-partum. Anovulatory cows showed higher GH and lower IGF-I levels than those in ovulatory cows during the peri-partum period. Each DF developed... |
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Palavras-chave: GROWTH-FACTOR-I; COMPETITIVE ENZYME-IMMUNOASSAY; ENERGY-BALANCE; OVARIAN ACTIVITY; STIMULATING-HORMONE; ESTRADIOL PRODUCTION; BODY CONDITION; MESSENGER-RNA; HOLSTEIN COWS; IGF-I. |
Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://ir.obihiro.ac.jp/dspace/handle/10322/1658 |
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