title: Induction of oestrus in Saanen goats at early breeding season by intravaginal progesterone sponges (MAP) or by prostaglandin F(2)alpha injections. Effect on different age groups.
abstract: Twenty-one maiden and 29 pluriparous milking Ankara Saanen goats received either two i.m. injections of PGF(2)alpha (n=25) or intravaginal MAP sponges (n=25) early in November at the start of the breeding season. About twice as many pluriparous goats as maiden goats exhibited estrus after either treatment (87% vs. 47%). Breeding after this induced estrus caused pregnancies in 62% of the pluriparous goats, but only in 24% of the maiden animals. Maximal concentrations of progesterone were reached 11 days after the start of the MAP treatment. Progesterone declined to basal levels two to four days after sponge withdrawal. A significant slower progesterone increase also resulting in lower maximal concentrations could be observed in maiden goats. Luteolysis was evident in all animals within 24 h after PGF(2)alpha injection. Nine goats (six maiden and three pluriparous) did not exhibit Heat after the second injection and showed only a slow increase of progesterone. It seems that noncyclic animals are less sensitive to MAP treatment than to the first PGF(2)alpha injection. Goats at the beginning of the breeding season may react after a premature interruption of corpus luteum function (after second PGF(2)alpha injection) with delayed or inadequate follicular function.
authors.affiliation: Clinics for Gynecology and Obstetrics, Med. Vet. Faculty, Univ. of Ankara, Lalahan, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Alaçam
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Oszar
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kiliçoglu
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Güven
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Izgür
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tekeli
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Glatzel