Inhibin is released during late prophase by suppressing the FSH secretion without affecting LH secretion. Immunization against inhibin will increase FSH synthesis leading to ovulation rate. As both immunization against inhibin and FSH injection could increase ovulation rate, therefore, an interaction of both treatment should act synergically or addively. Immunized group (n=10) were immunized wi...

Results: Average ovulation rate for all sows in the study was 14.58 +/0.32 ova and for the parity-two sows was 14.0 +/0.23 ova. The mean weaning-to-breeding interval for the parity-two sows was 5.87 +/0.14 days. Ovulation rate in the parity-two sows increased by 0.25 +/0.09 ova as the number of piglets weaned in the sow’s previous parity increased by one piglet (P <.05). The parity-two sow’s po...

A cDNA for a prostaglandin E(2) (PGE(2)) receptor subtype 4, EP4b (Ptger4b), was cloned from the medaka ovary. The effect of PGE(2) was examined using COS-7 cells expressing the recombinant Ptger4b protein. An increase in intracellular cAMP levels was observed when the cells were incubated with PGE(2), but the increase in cAMP levels was nullified by the addition of the EP4 antagonist GW627368X...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the influence of substance P on gonadotropin release from the pituitary as evaluated according to the final effect, i.e. the ovulation. METHODS Stainless steel tube was implanted into the 3rd cerebral ventricle and substance P (SP), C-terminal hexapeptide of Substance P (SP6-11), Gn-RH and adrenaline were infused on the 3rd day of the cycle (proestrus). The oviducts w...

mone (LH). The increase in rats is preceded by increases in ovarian levels of cyclic AMP and progesterone. Systemic administration of indomethacin prevented the increase of ovarian prostaglandin F and blocked ovulation in rabbits and rats. Intrafollicular injection of indomethacin, in rabbits, at dosages which were ineffective when given via systemic injection, blocked the elevation of follicul...

It has been generally agreed by most investigators that ovulation in the higher primates occurs in the middle of the menstrual cycle. In humans, the ovulation period is believed to fall on or about 14 days, plus or minus twenty-four hours, before the onset of the succeeding menses. The test for ovulation has been records of mating, with subsequent pregnancy, or the recovery of young ova in elec...

1. In large herbivores, the timing of breeding is important for females to hit peak plant protein levels. For males, the timing of reproductive effort is important to maximize the number of females they can mate during autumn rut in competition with other males. The latter depends on when most females are ovulating, but also on how other males with a different competitive ability are timing use...

BACKGROUND The African clawed frog, Xenopus laevis, is widely used in studies of oogenesis, meiotic cell cycle and early embryonic development. However, in order to perform such studies, eggs are normally collected after the injection of hCG into the dorsal lymph sac of fully-grown female frogs following pre-injection of PMSF. Although this protocol is established and used as standard laborator...

eurasian perch, perca fluviatilis l., is one of the most important species in european freshwater aquaculture and probably one of most important of cold freshwater species in nearest future. the aim of this study was to test the ovaprim in artificial reproduction in eurasian perch in two temperatures (12 and 14°c) with using new oocyte maturation stage system. the results obtained in present st...

Increased genetic selection and capacity for milk production in dairy cows has been associated with a decline in fertility. Following parturition, nutritional requirements increase rapidly with milk production and the resulting negative energy balance (NEBAL) extends for 8–10 weeks of early lactation. NEBAL delays the timing of first ovulation through attenuation of LH pulse frequency and low l...