Effect of two low doses of prostaglandin F_2α on luteolysis in dairy cows

Liu, Tsung-Ching and Ho, Chia-Yu and Chan, Jacky Peng-Wen (2017) Effect of two low doses of prostaglandin F_2α on luteolysis in dairy cows. Acta Veterinaria Hungarica, 65 (1). pp. 105-114. ISSN 0236-6290

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Abstract

In this preliminary study, we determined the effect of a modified method involving the administration of two low doses of prostaglandin F_2α (PGF_2α) at an interval of 24 h on luteolysis in dairy cows, and compared it with the standard single-dose method. Twenty-six cows were assigned to three groups treated with two low doses (TLD group, n = 10), one standard dose (SD group, n = 10), and one low dose (OLD group, n = 6) on day 9 to 10 of the oestrous cycle (day 0 = the day of PGF_2α administration). Their serum progesterone (P4) levels and corpus luteum (CL) sizes were measured daily from day 0 to 4 to assess CL regression. The results indicated that the proportion of complete luteolysis, indicating a P4 value ≤ 1 ng/mL on day 3, was higher in the TLD group (100.0%) than in the SD (60.0%) and OLD (66.7%) groups. Ultrasonically detected changes in the CL area correlated with the shifts in the P4 values in both the TLD and the SD groups. The remaining CL area was significantly smaller in the TLD group (17.8% ± 3.3%) than in the SD or OLD group on day 4. Thus, we concluded that the proportion of luteolysis in cows was increased with two low doses of PGF_2α as compared to a single PGF_2α dose, indicating the necessity of the second dose of PGF_2α. However, further studies with larger sample sizes in the field are required.

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