title: Use of dexamethasone for induction of parturition in goats.
abstract: Parturition was induced in 5 goats of Beetal and Beetal x Black Bengal cross in advanced stages of pregnancy, using intramuscular injection of 10 mg of dexamethasone. Goats required 47.7 +/- 1.26 hours on average after injection for parturition. There were no deleterious effects of induction on placental expulsion, kid weight, kid survival, and postpartum fertility of does. Plasma concentrations of progesterone and oestradiol 17 beta followed a similar trend in controls and treated animals. While plasma progesterone concentrations declined before parturition, the oestradiol concentration rose to its peak on the day of parturition.
authors.affiliation: College of Veterinary Sciences of the Haryana Agricultural University, Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Hisar, India.
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Thakur
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Verma
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001724:Birth Weight / Q000187:drug effects; D003907:Dexamethasone; D004958:Estradiol / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D005298:Fertility / Q000187:drug effects; D006041:Goats / Q000502:physiology*; D007751:Labor, Induced / Q000662:veterinary*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011374:Progesterone / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D011374:Progesterone; D004958:Estradiol; D003907:Dexamethasone