Efeitos ambientais sobre a velocidade de crescimento e o diâmetro folicular de éguas

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2017-10-20

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Universidade Federal de Goiás

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Due to the current trade and technology used in equine breeding, there is a search for effective reproductive methods, seeking to optimize the resources provided by the animal and the environment. Hormonal mare characteristics already known and used with a positive reproductive effect, such as the use of equine pituitary extract (EPE) to induce ovulation, may be better employed if we eliminate the heterogenicity of the samples at the moment of collection. This experiment was conducted with the objective of inducing estrus and ovulation in mares at the end of the mating season, with the use of EPE collected separately at different times of the year - summer and winter. The protocols were 14 cross bred mares, of which 7 were submitted to treatment with EPE collected in the summer and the others with EPE collected in the winter. All of these animals were initially treated as a control group, that is, being monitored daily for ovarian, uterine and behavioral changes from the start of the breending season. From the beginning of March 2017 (03/03/2017), these animals were randomly assigned to one of the treatments, which consisted of an intramuscular application of 125 IU EPE every 12 hours, until one or more more follicles with 34/35 mm, when each one received a single intravenous EPE application containing 500 IU to induce ovulation. The only difference between the groups was the EPE collection season. The results obtained in this experiment allowed to conclude that the reduction of the light incidence after the summer solstice reduces the diameter of the ovulatory follicle. In addition, EPE-summer was more effective when used with the objective of maintaining follicular growth in mares during the end of the breeding season, resulting in larger ovulatory follicles.

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CURADO, E. A. F. Efeitos ambientais sobre a velocidade de crescimento e o diâmetro folicular de éguas. 2017. 42 f. Dissertação (Mestrado em Zootecnia) - Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, 2017.