Intrafollicular Concentrations of Steroid Hormones and PGF2.ALPHA. in Relation to Follicular Development in the Mares during the Breeding Season

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  • TSUKADA Tsutomu
    Tsukada Livestock Clinic
  • KOJIMA Anna Yumiko
    Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine
  • SATO Kunitada
    Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine
  • MORIYOSHI Masaharu
    Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Rakuno Gakuen University
  • KOYAGO Masanori
    Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Rakuno Gakuen University
  • SAWAMUKAI Yutaka
    Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Rakuno Gakuen University

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  • Intrafollicular Concentrations of Steroid Hormones and PGF_<2α> in Relation to Follicular Development in the Mares during the Breeding Season
  • Intrafollicular concentrations of steroid hormones and PGF2a in relation to follicular development in the mares during the breeding season

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The concentrations of androstenedione, estradiol-17β, progesterone and PGF2α contained in the follicular fluid produced by the follicles in collected ovaries of mares that have had estrous phase during the breeding season were measured and analyzed the relation between the growth stage of follicles and the hormone levels in the follicular fluid. An ultrasonographic diagnostic instrument was used to measure the diameter of the follicles in order to categorize the follicles into three groups the following: 8 small follicles (from 1.0 to less than1.5 cm), 8 medium follicles (from 1.5 to less than 3.0 cm), and 8 large follicles (from 3.0 to 5.0 cm), respectively. The analysis of the follicular fluid in ovaries of estrous mares showed that the concentrations of androstenedione were significantly higher in the medium or large follicles than in the small follicles and the concentrations of estradiol-17β were significantly higher in larger follicles than in the small or medium follicles (P<0.05). The concentrations of progesterone and PGF2α, on the other hand, did not significantly vary regardless of follicluar size. In the follicles within the mare ovaries that have had estrous stage, the concentrations of the hormones related the ovulation, namely androstenedione and estradiol-17β, were higher with larger follicles.<br>

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