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Plasma pregnancy-associated glycoprotein and progesterone concentrations in pregnant Assaff ewes carrying single and twin lambs
Ranilla, Marie-José; Sulon, Joseph; Mantecón, A. R. et al.
1997In Small Ruminant Research, 24 (2), p. 125-131
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Keywords :
PAG; Progesterone; Gestation profile; Number of fetuses; Sheep; Profile de gestation; Nombre de foetus; Moutons
Abstract :
[en] Ovine pregnancy-associated glycoprotein (oPAG) and progesterone (P4) concentrations were monitored weekly during the last three months of gestation and the first month postpartum in plasma of twelve Assaf ewes. The oPAG levels were determined with a heterologous RIA using bovine PAG as standard and tracer and rabbit antiserum against oPAG. The P4 levels were measured with a radioimmunological procedure with a sensitivity to less than 0.1 ng/ml. The oPAG profiles in ewes carrying a single lamb and in those carrying twins were very similar from week 9 of gestation to lambing. Ewes which had twins presented numerically higher oPAG concentrations from week 12 to lambing, but that difference was only significant (p<0.05) at week 21. Ewes carrying twins presented higher (P<0.05) P4 concentrations from weeks 12 to 20 of gestation than those carrying a single lamb, but afterwards there was no difference. No correlation was found between P4 and oPAG concentrations at each stage of gestation studied in any group. After lambing, P4 levels dropped rapidly in one week, whereas oPAG decreased in four weeks to basal values in both groups of ewes. No relationship (P>0.05) was found between oPAG concentrations and lamb birth-weight at any week of gestation considered in this study. However, the lamb birth-weight was positively correlated (P<0.10) with the P4 concentrations from weeks 9 to 19 of gestation. Results indicate that number of fetuses could influence the oPAG production in ewes during the last three months of gestation.
Disciplines :
Veterinary medicine & animal health
Author, co-author :
Ranilla, Marie-José;  University of León Spain > Department of Animal Production
Sulon, Joseph ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de sciences fonctionnelles > Physiologie de la reproduction
Mantecón, A. R.;  Agricultural Experimental Station-CSIC León Spain
Beckers, Jean-François  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de sciences fonctionnelles > Physiologie de la reproduction
Carro, M. D.;  Agricultural Experimental Station-CSIC León Spain
Language :
English
Title :
Plasma pregnancy-associated glycoprotein and progesterone concentrations in pregnant Assaff ewes carrying single and twin lambs
Publication date :
1997
Journal title :
Small Ruminant Research
ISSN :
0921-4488
Publisher :
Elsevier Science, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Volume :
24
Issue :
2
Pages :
125-131
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
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