Reproductive Hormones Associated with Normal and Abnormal Changes in Ovarian Follicles in Postpartum Dairy Cows
Open Access
- 1 August 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Dairy Science Association in Journal of Dairy Science
- Vol. 62 (8) , 1290-1296
- https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.s0022-0302(79)83414-1
Abstract
Concentrations of reproductive hormones and ovarian changes were monitored every 4 days during the postpartum period in 35 dairy cows. The cows were classified as either control (22 cows) or cystic (13 cows) based on per rectum examination of the ovaries. Control cows were detected with a corpus luteum after the 1st postpartum ovulation while in cystic cows, ovarian follicles of at least 2.5 cm in diameter persisted in the absence of a corpus luteum for at least 14 days. The mean postpartum interval to the 1st follicle 1.5-2.0 cm in diameter was about 16 days for both groups. Ovulation was detected earlier postpartum for cows in the control group (18.4 .+-. 1.7 days) than for cows in the cystic group (36.3 .+-. 2.7 days). Luteinizing hormone [LH] in plasma increased during the early postpartum period (days 1 to 10) for both groups, but mean concentrations of LH, progesterone and estradiol-17.beta. in plasma were not different between groups then or on days -8, -4, or 0 (day of the 1st postpartum follicle 1.5-2.0 cm in diameter). During this period (days -8 to 0), estradiol-17.beta. and LH in plasma were correlated positively, but regression coefficients differed between groups. These results suggest a partial hypothalamic and/or pituitary failure in releasing pituitary LH as a cause for postpartum ovarian cysts.This publication has 34 references indexed in Scilit:
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