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Acta Scientiae Veterinariae, <strong>2011</strong>. 39(Suppl 1): Abstracts - <strong>25th</strong> <strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Meeting</strong> <strong>SBTE</strong>-Brazil. August <strong>2011</strong>.<br />
A075 FTAI, FTET AND AI<br />
FOLLICULAR AND REPRODUCTIVE TRAITS IN SHORT-TERM PROGESTERONE AND PGF2ALPHA BASED ESTROUS-<br />
SYNCHRONIZA<br />
ONIZATION PROTOC<br />
OCOL OL IN SHEEP<br />
Rodrigo V Allende, , Fernando R Saravia, Evelyn N Lara, Andrea F Leiva, T Díaz & José Franscisco Cox<br />
UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCIÓN, CHILLÁN, CHILE.<br />
The conventional protocols to estrous synchronization based on 12-day progestagen treatments and eCG at intravaginal device<br />
removal has no particular advantage based on follicular dynamics in sheep (Bartlewski et al., <strong>2011</strong>). The aims of this study were to describe size<br />
and static phase of preovulatory follicles, interval to ovulation and fertility post AI of ewes subjected to a short-term progesterone treatment. At<br />
mid breeding season, 20 Suffolk ewes under controlled feeding receive an intravaginal progesterone-release devise (CIDR G; 0.3 g progesterone,<br />
Pfizer) for 7 days combined to cloprostenol (0.125 mg im Estrumate, Intervet) at CIDR removal (n = 10 control group) or the same protocol plus<br />
eCG (400 IU Novormon, Syntex) at CIDR removal (n = 10). Antral follicular dynamics was followed by daily transrectal ultrasonography (10-<br />
MHz probe; Honda 2010Vet, Japan). Follicles > 2,5 mm and CLs were measured daily and recorded by sketches on ovarian charts. To determine<br />
ovulation time, ewes were scanned every 8 h since 12 h after estrus detection until ovulation, and this moment was the middle period between<br />
the last identification of preovulatory follicles and their disappearance. The preovulatory follicular diameter was measured on ovulated<br />
follicles and the persistency of the static phase was calculated as the interval between they reached 4.0 mm in diameter until ovulation. To<br />
assess fertility after treatment, 256 ewes (2.5-3.0 BCS, 1-5 scale) were synchronized by the progesterone treatment plus eCG and were<br />
inseminated at estrus with fresh semen. Follicular size and persistency and interval to estrus and ovulation were compared by the Student’s<br />
t-test. The results showed that ovulatory follicles from ewes treated with eCG have similar features than those from control group<br />
(6.3mm±0,21 vs.. 6.5mm±0,22), similar behavior at persistency (4.47±0.51 vs.. 3.92±0.29 days) and so for ovulatory rate (1.63 vs.. 1.63).<br />
However, the intervals between CIDR retrieval and estrus and ovulation were shorter for eCG group than for control (32.8±3.23 vs..<br />
45.8±2.42 h and 61.9±2.48 vs.. 82.2±4.97 h, P < 0.05). In addition, the corpus luteum diameter size at day 10 was also different (11.7±0.4<br />
vs.. 10.9±0.28 mm for eCG and control respectively; P < 0.05). The preliminary results show that 83.7% ewes were inseminated with a<br />
conception rate of 53.2% (checked by ultrasound at 30 day after AI). The cumulative results indicate that a short-term progesterone protocol<br />
combined to PGF2a and eCG allows estrous synchronization with normal fertility after AI. [Reference: Bertlewski PM, Baby TE, Giffin GL.<br />
<strong>2011</strong>, Anim Reprod Sci, 124:259-268. Funded by Consorcio Ovino (Project FIA FIC-CS-C-2006-1-P-001-22)].<br />
Keywords: estrus synchronization, folliculogenesis, sheep.<br />
A076 FTAI, FTET AND AI<br />
EFFECT OF CIDR ® REUTILIZATION TION IN A PROGESTER<br />
OGESTERONE-PGF2ALPHA ONE-PGF2ALPHA BASED ESTROUS-SYNCHR<br />
OUS-SYNCHRONIZA<br />
ONIZATION PROTOC<br />
OCOL OL ON<br />
ESTROUS PRESENTATION TION AND OVULATOR<br />
ORY PERFORMANCE IN SHEEP<br />
Fernando R Saravia 1 , Rodrigo V Allende 2 , Evelyn N Lara 3 , Andrea F Leiva 4 , T Diaz 5 , P Rojas 6 , M Recabarren 7 & José Franscisco Cox 8<br />
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8<br />
UNIVERDSIDAD DE CONCEPCIÓN, VICENTE MENDEZ 595, CHILE.<br />
The use of short-term progesterone (P4) treatments allows the intensive use of P4 vaginal inserts. The study was aimed to<br />
describe the P4 profiles and follicular size and ovulation after the use of new and 7-day used inserts in short-term P4 protocols. In Experiment<br />
1, 12 Suffolk ewes under controlled feeding and during anestrus season, were randomly grouped and treated by a new P4-release device (CIDR<br />
G ® , Pfizer) for 7 days (n = 6) or a used one (n = 6). Blood was collected to measure plasma P4 by RIA (Coat a Count, DPC, USA). In<br />
Experiment 2, 38 Suffolk ewes (2 replicates) were synchronized during the breeding season by a 7-day treatment with new (n = 22) or used<br />
CIDR G ® (n = 16) plus cloprostenol (0,125 mg Estrumate ® , Intervet) at CIDR ® retrieval. Half of the ewes in each group received 400 IU of<br />
eCG (Novormon ® , Syntex). Estrous detection was carried out thrice a day by teaser rams. The diameters of ovulatory follicles were measured<br />
by daily ultrasonography (10-MHz linear array probe; Honda 2100Vet). Since 8 h after estrus, follicles =3.5 mm in diameter were measured<br />
each 8 h and sketched on ovarian charts to identify ovulation. Ten day later, ovaries were scanned to identify corpora lutea to confirm<br />
ovulation points. The moment of ovulation was defined as the middle point between the last identification of preovulatory follicles and their<br />
disappearance. Data were calculated and comparisons were done P4 by the Student’ t test and by Factorial ANOVA. Results in Exp 1 show<br />
that P4 profiles differed in ewes treated with new and used CIDR (0.2±0.1 vs.. 0.3±0.07; 5.3±1.48 vs.. 2.1±0.64; 4.7±1.3 vs.. 1.9±0.24;<br />
3.6±0.77 vs.. 1.9±0.25; 2.5±0.26 vs.. 1.5± 0.25; 2.2±0,58 vs.. 1.2±0.16 ng/mL at days 0,1,2,3,5 and 7 for CIDRs new and reutilized<br />
respectively; P < 0.05). Results in Exp 2, show that ewes treated with new and used CIDR have similar reproductive response (P < 0.10),<br />
therefore data were grouped and used to assess the effect of eCG in the 7-day P4 protocol. eCG has no effect on ovulatory follicle diameter<br />
nor on ovulatory rate or number of follicles ovulated (6.2±0.14 vs.. 6.2±0.2 mm; 100% (22/22) vs.. 100% 16/16); 1.69 (37/22) vs.. 1.69 (27/<br />
16) for eCG and untreated controls respectively; P > 0.10). However eCG increases the diameter of CL and reduces the intervals to estrus and<br />
ovulation (11.3±0.3 vs.. 10.7±0.2 mm; 32.0±1.78 vs.. 45.5±1.71 h; 61.2±1.49 vs.. 80.7±2.81 h for eCG and control groups respectively; P <<br />
0.05). The reduced interval to ovulation and the increase in CL diameters suggests that eCG increases the estradiol production of ovulatory<br />
follicles in short-term P4 protocols. [Funded by Consorcio Ovino (FIA FIC-CS-C-2006-1-P-001-22)].<br />
Keywords: estrous synchronization, ovulation, sheep.<br />
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