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Effects of propylene glycol drenching before and after luteolysis on blood glucose, ovarian steroids and follicular dynamics in heifers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 September 2011

A. Umeki ,
T. Tanaka  and
H. Kamomae
A. Umeki
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Veterinary Reproduction, Institute of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 3-5-8 Saiwai, Fuchu, Tokyo 183-8509, Japan
T. Tanaka*
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Veterinary Reproduction, Institute of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 3-5-8 Saiwai, Fuchu, Tokyo 183-8509, Japan
H. Kamomae
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Veterinary Reproduction, Institute of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 3-5-8 Saiwai, Fuchu, Tokyo 183-8509, Japan
*
†E-mail: tomomit@cc.tuat.ac.jp
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Abstract

The effect of propylene glycol drenching on ovarian and hormonal dynamics was studied in heifers. Five cycling heifers were used twice (as control and treatment) with crossover design. After the confirmation of ovulation (day 0), the heifers in the treatment group received propylene glycol on days 6, 7 and 8 as an oral drench (250 ml of 90% propylene glycol). On day 10, prostaglandin F2α (PGF2α), 15 mg per head of dinoprost, was administered intramuscularly to induce luteal regression followed by the follicular phase and then propylene glycol was again administered twice daily (500 ml/day) on days 10, 11 and 12. Palpation per rectum and ovarian ultrasonography were performed every other day from days 0 to 10, and daily after PGF2α administration until the subsequent ovulation (second ovulation) for analysis of follicular and luteal dynamics. Blood samples were also collected every other day from days 0 to 10, and then at 6 h intervals after PGF2α administration until the second ovulation. For the samples taken at 6-h intervals after PGF2α administration, the concentrations of glucose showed clear daily fluctuations in both groups. Changes in the plasma concentration of glucose in the treatment group were significantly (P < 0.05) higher than those of the control groups during the period between 0 and 72 h after PGF2α administration. No significant difference was detected in the growth of dominant follicles, maximum diameter of the ovulatory follicles and the changes in oestradiol and progesterone during the follicular phase between treatment and control groups. This study showed the clear daily fluctuations and stimulatory changes in the blood glucose concentrations at 24-h intervals during the short-term treatment of propylene glycol drenching in heifers. However, no significant changes in ovarian and hormonal dynamics were found under such metabolic conditions.

Keywords

propylene glycolblood glucoseovarian activityoestrous cycleheifers
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animal , Volume 6 , Issue 2 , 03 January 2012 , pp. 300 - 304
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Copyright © The Animal Consortium 2011

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