title: [The effect of synchronization on estrus and pregnancy in sheep and on levels of thyroxine, triiodothyronine, 17 beta-estradiol, progesterone and cholesterol].
abstract: Knowledge of pathogenesis of sexual dysfunctions at altered thyroid activity is limited by the knowledge of multiple and ubiquitous action of its hormones throughout the organism. One of the possibilities of modulatory influence of thyroid hormones on sexual functions can be realized through the participation of thyroxine and triiodothyronine in the synthesis and metabolism of primary substrate of steroid synthesis--cholesterol. The presented work is aimed at the study of simultaneous dynamic changes of concentrations of thyroxine (T4), triiodothyronine (T3), 17 beta-estradiol (E2), progesterone (P4) and cholesterol (Chol) during synchronization of the rutting period and gravidity at parallel correlative evaluation of mutual relations of the followed parameters in ten Merino sheep in the seasonal period. Synchronization was achieved by chlorsuperlutin (Agelin--vaginal swabs, Spofa; 20 mg of chlorsuperlutin/swab) and PMSG (500 I. U./animal). Blood was sampled by means of a jugular vein puncture at the time of swab insertion (-13th day) and after three (-10th day) and seven (-7th day) following days, at the removal of swabs and application of PMSG (-3rd day), on the day of insemination (zero day), on the 7th, 14th and 17th day and in the middle of the 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th month of gravidity. In the phase of oestrus synchronization a significant increase of E2 concentrations on days -7 and -3 of the experiment (0.47 +/- 0.079 and 0.542 +/- 0.177 nmol.l-1 of serum, P less than 0.001; P less than 0.001) was observed compared to the E2 values on day -13 (0.084 +/- 0.036 nmol.l-1 of serum). Parallel to these observations, marked intermittent changes of T4 (Tab. I, Graph 1) were recorded with the lowest values of this parameter observed on days -10 (41.75 +/- 20.23, P less than 0.05) and -3 (50.22 +/- 18.77, P less than 0.05) and the highest on day -7 (96.77 +/- 17.51 nmol.l-1, P less than 0.01) and day zero (85.40 +/- 19.59 nmol.l-1 of serum, P less than 0.05) in comparison with the -13th day (67.22 +/- 18.29 nmol.l-1 of serum). Concentrations of P4 (Tab. I, Graph 4) declined to the lowest values on day zero observation (0.09 +/- 0.08 nmol.l-1 of serum, P less than 0.05 vs 3.40 +/- 3.61 nmol.l-1 on day -13). No significant changes of concentrations of T3 (Tab. I, Graph 2) and Chol (Tab. I, Graph 5) were observed during oestrus synchronization. During gravidity, concentrations of E2 (Tab. I Graph 3) showed an increasing trend compared to the -13th day.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Ustav experimentálnej veterinárnej medicíny, Duklianských hrdinov 1/A, Kosice.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bekeová
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Krajnicáková
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Hendrichovský
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Maracek
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002715:Chlormadinone Acetate / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood*; D004958:Estradiol / Q000097:blood; D004973:Estrus Synchronization / Q000097:blood* / Q000187:drug effects; D005260:Female; D006728:Hormones / Q000097:blood*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011270:Pregnancy, Animal / Q000097:blood* / Q000187:drug effects; D011374:Progesterone / Q000097:blood; D012756:Sheep / Q000502:physiology*; D013974:Thyroxine / Q000097:blood; D014284:Triiodothyronine / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D006728:Hormones; D014284:Triiodothyronine; D002715:Chlormadinone Acetate; D011374:Progesterone; D004958:Estradiol; C010082:chlorsuperlutin; D002784:Cholesterol; D013974:Thyroxine
vernacular_title: Vplyv synchronizacného osetrenia v sezónnom období a v gravidite oviec na koncentrácie tyroxínu, trijódtyronínu, 17 beta-estradiolu, progesterónu a cholesterolu.