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Effect of GnRH pulse infusion on LH profiles and ovarian follicle populations at 7 weeks post-partum in beef cows in different body conditions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 November 2017

L. Pinto Andrade ,
S.M. Rhind ,
L.A. Wright ,
S.R. McMillen  and
T.K. Whyte
L. Pinto Andrade
Affiliation:
Macaulay Land Use Research Institute, Pentlandfield, Roslin, Midlothian EH25 9RF
S.M. Rhind
Affiliation:
Macaulay Land Use Research Institute, Pentlandfield, Roslin, Midlothian EH25 9RF
L.A. Wright
Affiliation:
Macaulay Land Use Research Institute, Pentlandfield, Roslin, Midlothian EH25 9RF
S.R. McMillen
Affiliation:
Macaulay Land Use Research Institute, Pentlandfield, Roslin, Midlothian EH25 9RF
T.K. Whyte
Affiliation:
Macaulay Land Use Research Institute, Pentlandfield, Roslin, Midlothian EH25 9RF
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Previous studies have indicated that low body condition (LBC) at calving increases the duration of the postpartum anoestrous period in suckling beef cows (Henricks et al 1986; Wright et al 1987). The results of recent experiments also suggest that animals in LBC have a reduced incidence of LH pulses (Wright et al 1990) which is associated with a reduction in the incidence of large, oestrogenic, potentially ovulatory ovarian follicles (Prado et al 1990).

An experiment was designed to determine a) whether or not the normal process of follicular development can be accelerated in LBC cows by infusion of pulses of GnRH, so that their postpartum anoestrous period was as short as that of cows in HBC and b) the effect of GnRH pulse infusions on associated gonadotropin profiles.

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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Production (1972) , Volume 1992 , March 1992 , pp. 196
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Production 1992

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