title: Association between energy status early postpartum and subsequent embryonic mortality in high-yielding recipient cows.
abstract: High-yielding Holstein-Friesian recipients (n = 43) were used in order to investigate the relation between energy balance status during the early postpartum period and subsequent embryonic mortality after transferring good-quality frozen embryos. Blood samples were collected during the second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh weeks postpartum in order to measure energy status indicators. These indicators include β hydroxyl butyric acid (BHBA), non-esterified fatty acid (NEFA), total cholesterol (T-chol), glucose and blood urea nitrogen (BUN). Moreover, body condition scores (BCS) were assessed during the same period. Pregnancy diagnosis by ultrasonography at the 28th day postestrus and embryo viability was ascertained until 45 days postestrus in order to detect late embryonic mortality (LEM). The pregnancy rate on day 28 was 44.2% (19/43); however, five cows (11.6%) experienced LEM by day 45. Based on the non-return rate at day 24, non-pregnant animals, as diagnosed by ultrasonography, were allocated into animals with longer estrus intervals than 24 days (32.5%; mid-embryonic mortality (MEM) group) and animals returning to estrus by day 24 postestrus (23.5%; early embryonic mortality (EEM) group). At week 5 postpartum, BCS was significantly (P < 0.05) lower in the LEM group than that of pregnant (PREG), EEM and MEM groups. NEFA was significantly higher in animals that experienced LEM (LEM group) at week 7 postpartum (289.6 ± 47.0 µEq/L; P < 0.01) than that of PREG (196.8 ± 16.0 µEq/L), EEM (157.2 ± 18.6 µEq/L) and MEM groups (191.5 ± 14.4 µEq/L). In conclusion, lower BCS at week 5 postpartum and higher NEFAs at week 7 postpartum may be associated with subsequent LEM in high-yielding recipient cows.
authors.affiliation: Department of Theriogenology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Assiut University, Egypt. senosy_76@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Waleed
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Senosy
authors.forename: Alaa Eldin
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Zain
authors.forename: Abdel-Razek Khalifa
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Abdel-Razek
authors.forename: Michiko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Uchiza
authors.forename: Nanae
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tameoka
authors.forename: Yoshiaki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Izaike
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Osawa
mesh_terms: D020155:3-Hydroxybutyric Acid / Q000097:blood; D000818:Animals; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis; D001806:Blood Urea Nitrogen; D002417:Cattle / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood; D020964:Embryo Loss / Q000662:veterinary*; D004734:Energy Metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D004971:Estrus / Q000502:physiology; D005230:Fatty Acids, Nonesterified / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D049590:Postpartum Period / Q000502:physiology*; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000662:veterinary
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D005230:Fatty Acids, Nonesterified; D002784:Cholesterol; D020155:3-Hydroxybutyric Acid