Increasing ovulation rate and lambing rate in sheep by treatment with a steroid enzyme inhibitor
- 1 January 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Bioscientifica in Reproduction
- Vol. 79 (1) , 231-240
- https://doi.org/10.1530/jrf.0.0790231
Abstract
Treatment of ewes with a 3.beta.-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (3.beta.-HSD) inhibitor (Epostane) resulted in a significant increase in both ovulation rate and in the mean number of lambs per ewe lambing. The progestagen sponge plus 3.beta.-HSD inhibitor treatment also caused a significant increase in oestrous cycle duration of approximately 1.5 days. Treatment of ewes with the 3.beta.-HSD inhibitor caused a significant decrease in peripheral progesterone concentrations, which were reduced even further when 3.beta.-HSD inhibitor treatment was given to ewes after insertion of a progestagen sponge. However, mean oestradiol concentrations were significantly higher in the two treatment groups, both at the end of the luteal phase and during the follicular phase of the oestrous cycle. These results demonstrate that ovulation rate and the production of lambs per ewe lambing can be significantly increased by 3.beta.-HSD inhibitor treatment.This publication has 22 references indexed in Scilit:
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