The effects of acceleration and delay of puberty in female house mice on survival and reproduction were tested using 6 experimental groups: (1) control females mated at the time of first oestrus, (2) females mated at weaning, (3) females treated with male urine starting at weaning and mated at first oestrus, (4) females housed in groups and mated at first oestrus, (5) females housed alone, trea...

The effects of prostaglandin F2\g=a\on peripheral plasma progesterone and oestrogen levels, incidence of oestrous cycle alteration, and fertility were examined in thirty beef heifers. The PGF2\g=a\was administered by insertion of an insemination pipette into the lumen of the uterus during three periods of the oestrous cycle: Days 3 to 5, Days 9 and 10, and Days 16 and 17. Oestrus occurred withi...

the present study was conducted to see the effect of non-specific genital infections and ovulatory disturbances on clinical signs of oestrusnamely oestrus duration, tonicity of uterus, relaxation of cervix and persistence of follicle. the mean values of oestrus duration, tonicity of uterus and relaxation of cervix varied significantly (p

The first ovulation and first oestrus after parturition were recorded in four groups of Merino ewes which: (a) reared their lambs normally, (b) were allowed to suckle their lambs only during three 1-hr periods each day, (c) had their lambs removed on the day after birth, or (d) had their lambs removed on the day after birth and were injected intramuscularly with 5 i.u. oxytocin ten times each d...

Eosinophils, macrophages and other leucocytes invade the uterine endometrium during oestrus and play a role in the tissue remodeling and immune responses that occur prior to implantation of the fertilized ovum. Adenosine 5'-triphosphate (ATP) and its metabolites influence uterine function via ATP receptors. In this study, we investigated the presence and localisation of the P2X(7) nucleotide re...

A trial was conducted to study the effect of presence of the boar on the attainment puberty in gilts and the feasibility and economics of rearing pigs of either sex together. Sixteen weaned Large White Yorkshire gilts, twelve weaned sows and two boars were randomly assigned to five groups as T1, T2, T3, T4 and T5 each consisting of six. Pigs T1 and T3 groups were bred at the body weight of 70-8...

Declining dairy cow fertility, largely attributable to increasing milk yields, is of major concern to dairy farmers worldwide. New tools for reproductive management, to replace exogenous hormones, would be of great interest. Chemical communication in cattle has been suggested to cause modifications of the oestrous cycle. Here, reproductive parameters were monitored in ten dairy heifers during f...

This study investigated the effects of different artificial insemination (AI) regimes on the pregnancy rate in mares inseminated with either cooled or frozen-thawed semen. In essence, the influence of three different factors on fertility was examined; namely the number of inseminations per oestrus, the time interval between inseminations within an oestrus, and the proximity of insemination to o...