SpermovaPub Date : 2022-07-31DOI: 10.18548/aspe/0010.09
Luis Vargas, M. Gutierrez-Reinoso, M. Barros-Rodríguez, R. Lima-Orozco, V. Andrade-Yucailla, M. García-Herreros
{"title":"EFFECTS OF BLACK WATTLE (Acacia mearnsii) SUPPLEMENTATION ON OVARIAN ACTIVITY,\u0000 UTERINE INVOLUTION, AND HORMONE PROFILES IN DAIRY COWS AT HIGH-ALTITUDE\u0000 CONDITIONS","authors":"Luis Vargas, M. Gutierrez-Reinoso, M. Barros-Rodríguez, R. Lima-Orozco, V. Andrade-Yucailla, M. García-Herreros","doi":"10.18548/aspe/0010.09","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18548/aspe/0010.09","url":null,"abstract":"The feeding program carried out during the pre-partum and post-partum period in\u0000 dairy cows is crucial to preserve their reproductive performance. The goal of the\u0000 present study was to assess the effect of black wattle (Acacia mearnsii) supplementation\u0000 on ovarian activity, uterine involution, and hormone profiles in dairy cows maintained\u0000 at high-altitude conditions. A total of 10 Holstein dairy cows were divided into 2\u0000 groups: control (C; n=5) and supplemented group (AM; n=5). A dehydrated black wattle\u0000 (AM; Acacia mearnsii) supplement was administered to AM group and adjusted to 22% crude\u0000 protein per animal (Dehydrated Supplement; MS= 2.7 kg AM/day per cow, ~20% of total DM).\u0000 Body weight (BW) was recorded individually in different periods (day 15 pre-partum, and\u0000 day 19, 34, and 49 post-partum). Ovarian [follicles (FL), corpora lutea (CL)] and\u0000 ovarian diameter (OD; mm)] and uterine structures [uterine horn thickness (HT; mm),\u0000 cervix length (CrL; cm) and diameter (CD; cm), and uterine involution %] were assessed\u0000 till day 34 postpartum. Moreover, hormone profiles such as thyroid-stimulating hormone\u0000 (TSH; IU/mL), follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH; IU/mL), luteinizing hormone (LH;\u0000 IU/mL), and progesterone (P4; ng/mL) were measured till day 49. Statistical differences\u0000 were observed in BW when day 15 prepartum was compared to day 19 postpartum (p=0.05).\u0000 However, no differences were observed between C and AM group regarding BW within each\u0000 timepoint (p>0.05). No changes were observed in FL over time irrespective of the\u0000 group studied (p<0.05). However, FL was significantly different when C and AM group\u0000 were compared within each time-point (p< 0.05). Although no significant differences\u0000 were observed on day 5 post- partum regarding the number of CL, significant differences\u0000 were observed on day 25 and day 34 postpartum between groups (p> 0.05). OD increased\u0000 from day 5 to Day 35 post-partum irrespective of the group assessed and differ between\u0000 groups within time-points (p< 0.05). Differences were observed in TSH within day 19\u0000 and day 49 post-partum (p< 0.05). FSH was statistically different between groups on\u0000 day 19 post-partum (p< 0.05). LH was more variable than TSH and FSH among and within\u0000 time-points and groups (p< 0.05). Differences were observed between groups regarding\u0000 P4 within day 19 and 49 post-partum (p< 0.05). In conclusion, overall although no\u0000 differences were observed in BW between groups or time-points, the supplementation with\u0000 AM showed differential patterns in reproductive tract structures/dimensions and hormone\u0000 levels in dairy cows maintained at high-altitude conditions","PeriodicalId":36778,"journal":{"name":"Spermova","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-07-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42656652","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}