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Treatment with Gonadotropin Releasing-Hormone in Prepubertal Gilts at Two Different Ages

Behandling av prepuberala gyltor i två olika åldrar med Gonadotropin releasing-hormone (GnRH)

Abstract

To study the effect of GnRH in prepubertal gilts, seven crossbred gilts were treated with saline solution and 250 fig GnRH. In connection with saline and GnRH treatments blood was sampled every 15 min for 4 h, thereafter every 30 min for 2 h and every 60 min for 3 h, and finally every 3 h for 6 days. The ovaries were inspected by laparo-scopy just before and 6 days after GnRH treatment. The first GnRH treatment was undertaken when the gilts had a mean age of 141 days and mean body weight of 66 kg. One gilt was in prooestrus at this treatment. In the other 6 gilts the mean LH level was around 0.5 μg/l during a 4 h period after the saline injection. After the GnRH treatment a LH peak was seen with a mean duration of 4 h and a mean maximum level of 9.2 ± 2.07 μg/1. None of the gilts ovulated or showed oestrus within a week after GnRH treatment, which was confirmed by laparoscopy. The seventh gilt which was in prooestrus had high levels of oestradiol-17β (> 40 pmol/1) at GnRH treatment and no LH peak was seen during a 4 h period after treatment.

Two gilts which had not shown oestrus at an age of 173 days and a mean body weight of 93 kg were treated a second time with 250 μg GnRH. The LH peak had a duration of 4 h and a mean maximum level of 5.3 ± 3.04 μg/l. Neither of these 2 gilts showed oestrus or ovulated within a week after GnRH injection. It was concluded that a single injection of GnRH results in a LH peak but is not enough to stimulate ovulation or oestrus in prepubertal gilts at a mean age either of 141 or 173 days.

Sammanfattning

Sju prepuberala gyltor av korsningsras (lantras × yorkshire) be-handlades först med isoton Na-Gl lösning och 24 tim. senare med 250 μg GnRH. Blodprov för hormonanalys uttogs var 15 :e min under 1 timme före respektive behandling, därefter var 15 :e min under 3 timmar, var 30:e min under 2 tim; var 60 min under 3 timmar och var 3:e timme under 15 timmar. Efter GnRH behandlingen fortsatte blodprovstagningen var 3:e timme under ytterligare 5 dagar.

Äggstockarna inspekterades med laparoskopi strax före och 6 dagar efter GnRH behandlingen. Den första GnRH behandlingen gjor-des när gyltorna hade en medelálder av 141 dagar och en medelvikt av 66 kg. En gylta var då i förbrunst. Hos de andra 6 gyltorna var medelnivån av LH ca 0.5 μg/1 under en 4 timmars period efter kok-saltinjektionen. Efter GnRH behandlingen steg LH nivån i blodet kraftigt tili ett maximalt medelvärde av 9.2 ± 2.07 μg/1 och en duration av 4 timmar. Ingen av gyltorna visade brunst eller ovulerade, vilket veri-fierades vid laparoskopiundersökningen. Den sjunde gyltan, som var i förbrunst, hade en hög nivå av östradioM7β (>40 pmol/1) vid GnRH injektionen. GnRH behandlingen resulterade här inte i någon ökad frisättning av LH.

Två gyltor, som inte hade visåt brunst vid en åider av 173 dagar och en medelvikt av 93 kg, behandlades en andra gång med 250 μg GnRH. Den kraftiga LH frisättningen, som sågs därefter, pågick under 4 timmar och maximala medelvärdet var 5.3 ± 3.04 μg/1. Gyltorna visade inte brunst och ovulerade inte inom 1 vecka efter GnRH behandlingen. Resultaten tyder på att en enda injektion med GnRH ger en kraftig frisättning av LH, men är ej tillräcklig för att framkalla brunst och ovulation hos icke könsmogna gyltor.

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Andersson, AM., Einarsson, S. & Edqvist, LE. Treatment with Gonadotropin Releasing-Hormone in Prepubertal Gilts at Two Different Ages. Acta Vet Scand 24, 446–455 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1186/BF03546717

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