Efficacy of a single blood anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) concentration measurement for the selection of Japanese Black heifer embryo donors in herd breeding programs

• FUSHIMI Yasuo

  Guardian Co. Ltd., Kagoshima 890-0033, Japan

• OKAWA Hiroaki

  Guardian Co. Ltd., Kagoshima 890-0033, Japan

• MONNIAUX Danielle

  Physiologie de la Reproduction et des Comportements, INRAE, CNRS, IFCE, Université de Tours, 37380, Nouzilly, France

• TAKAGI Mitsuhiro

  Joint Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi 753-8515, Japan

Bibliographic Information

Other Title

• Efficacy of a single blood anti-Mullerian hormone (AMH) concentration measurement for the selection of Japanese Black heifer embryo donors in herd breeding programs

Abstract

We evaluated the relationship between plasma anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) concentrations in Japanese Black (JB) heifers at 7−10 months of age and the number of embryos recovered after superovulation treatment in selected ovum pick-up donors, concomitantly with changes in their AMH concentrations before and after parturition. Plasma AMH concentrations in heifers were positively correlated with the total number of follicles (r = 0.647, P < 0.01) and embryos (r = 0.681, P < 0.01) recovered from the animals postpartum, when selected as donor cows, but did not correlate with the total number of transferable embryos. No difference was observed between the plasma AMH concentration at the heifer period and the postpartum period. Additionally, serum AMH concentrations of heifers weakly correlated with the number of follicles and embryos recovered by virgin flush after superovulation treatment at 13−15 months of age. Therefore, a single blood AMH concentration measurement may accelerate intensive JB cattle breeding.

Journal

• Journal of Reproduction and Development

  Journal of Reproduction and Development 66 (6), 593-598, 2020

  The Society for Reproduction and Development

Keywords

• Anti-Müllerian hormone
• Cattle intensive breeding
• Japanese Black cattle
• Ovum pick-up

Details

• CRID: 1391412881268112384
• NII Article ID: 130007958770
• NII Book ID: AA10936678
• DOI: 10.1262/jrd.2020-069
• ISSN: 13484400
• ISSN: 09168818
• NDL BIB ID: 031198857
• PubMed: 32938834
• Web Site: http://id.ndl.go.jp/bib/031198857
• Web Site: https://ndlsearch.ndl.go.jp/books/R000000004-I031198857
• Web Site: https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jrd/66/6/66_2020-069/_pdf
• Web Site: https://search.jamas.or.jp/link/ui/2021297001
• Text Lang: en
• Data Source:
  • JaLC
  • NDL
  • Crossref
  • PubMed
  • CiNii Articles
  • KAKEN
• Abstract License Flag: Disallowed