Peripheral blood plasma sex steroids before and after insemination in repeat breeding cow

Comparative evaluation of pregnancy rates in Dutch laboratory rabbit after insemination and natural breeding

Time of insemination affects the sex ratio of Japanese Black cow offspring Page heading Sex ratio of calves rates after artificial insemination Authors, Affiliations and Addresses

This study was conducted to assess whether varying the time of artificial insemination (AI) after detection of estrus influences the sex ratio of Japanese Black cows offspring. Data were collected from 1,829 inseminated cows, of which 753 gave birth to calves, over a period of two and a half years. The animals were divided in two groups: the early AI group (3 h after estrus detection) and late ...

Peripheral blood and ovarian levels of sex steroids in the cyclic hamster.

Changes in progesterone (P), testosterone (T), estrone (E, ) and estradiol-1 7j3 (E2) in peripheral blood, ovary, corpora lutea (CL) and in the nonluteal portion of the ovary (NLO) were studied in the cyclic hamster by RIA. In addition, androstenedione (A) was measured, but only in serum. Serum P levels were the same on Days 1 (day of ovulation) and 2 at 0900 h (5 ng/ml), but declined markedly ...

Serum progesterone profiles of zebu cattle (Bos indicus) in relationship to conception and repeat breeding after artificial insemination.

Sixty-four zebu cows, comprised mainly of Bunaji cattle aged between 3 and 7 years old, were involved in an intensive artificial insemination programme. The study was conducted during the breeding period (May-October), and cows were inseminated with freshly prepared Friesian semen when they stood to be mounted by the vasectomised bull or herdmates. Fertility was measured by serum progesterone (...

Sex Hormones and Peripheral White Blood Cell Subsets in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Patients

Background: Systemic Lupus Eyrythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease charac-terized by antibodies to nuclear antigens, particularly anti-dsDNA. Imbalance between production and destruction of immune cells causes cytopenia. Sex hormones have im-munomodulatory effects; estrogen increases the production of autoantibodies in SLE prone NZB/NZW mice. Objective: To investigate the relationship bet...