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Chinese Agricultural Science Bulletin ›› 2022, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (35): 90-96.doi: 10.11924/j.issn.1000-6850.casb2021-0518

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Study on the Correlation Between Serum Reproductive Hormone Content and Superovulation Effect in Dairy Meade Sheep

GUO Yulin1(), ZHANG Liguo2, ZHENG Zhong1, WANG Chunwei1, XU Quanzhong1, WU Yunxi1, LI Guangpeng1, SU Xiaohu1, ZHANG Li1()   

  1. 1State Key Laboratory of Grassland Livestock Reproductive Regulation and Breeding Jointly Established by the Province and Ministry of Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot 010020
    2Ulanqab City Livestock Improvement Work Station, Ulanqab, Inner Mongolia 012200
  • Received:2021-05-18 Revised:2021-07-01 Online:2022-12-15 Published:2022-12-10
  • Contact: ZHANG Li E-mail:754868422@qq.com;zhanglinmg@aliyun.com

Abstract:

At present, superovulation of livestock still has the problems of large individual differences and unstable overall effect. The objective of this study is to explore the correlation between the reproductive hormones in serum of dairy Meade sheep and the superovulation effect of the donor, in order to provide a basis for the prediction of the superovulation performance of the donor. In this study, peripheral blood was collected to determine follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), luteinizing hormone (LH), estradiol (E2), progesterone (P4), anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) and inhibin (INH) hormone concentrations before superovulation treatment and before mating, and to analyzed their correlations with the total number of embryos recovered and the number of available embryos. The results of blood test before superovulation showed that FSH, E2 and AMH (FSH: r=0.91, P<0.05; E2: r=0.76, P<0.05; AMH: r=0.86, P<0.05;) had a significantly positive correlation with the total number of embryos recovered and the number of available embryos; LH, P4 and INH (LH: r=-0.81, P<0.01; P4: r=-0.79, P<0.05; INH: r=-0.56, P<0.05;) had a significantly negative correlation with the total number of embryos recovered and the number of available embryos. The results of blood test before mating after superovulation showed that FSH, E2, P4 and AMH (FSH r=0.62, P<0.05; E2: r=0.93, P<0.05; P4: r=0.69, P<0.05; AMH: r=0.97, P<0.01) had a significantly positive correlation with the total number of embryos recovered and the number of available embryos; LH and INH (LH: r=-0.86, P<0.01; INH: r=-0.60, P<0.05) had a significantly negative correlation with the total number of embryos recovered and the number of available embryos. The conclusion of this study indicates that FSH, LH, E2, P4, AMH and INH in the venous blood of dairy Meade sheep before superovulation are all related to the final superovulation effect. The FSH and AMH hormone concentrations in the venous blood before superovulation have the highest fit with the total number of embryos and the number of available embryos, and there is a high correlation. Therefore, FSH and AMH can be used as indicators for the detection.

Key words: dairy Meade sheep, superovulation, reproductive hormones, correlation

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