The postpartum induced corpus luteum: functional differences from that of cycling cows and the effects of progesterone pretreatment.

Anestrous postpartum (PP) Hereford cows (n = 41) were used to compare corpora lutea (CL) from gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH)-induced ovulation with CL from cycling cows. Postpartum cows were injected i.m. daily with 100 mg progesterone (P4) or oil on Days 25 through 28 PP and then given 200 micrograms GnRH i.m. on Day 30 PP. Corpora lutea were removed from one-half of the PP cows in the oil- and P4-treated groups 6.5 days after GnRH injection, and from the cycling cows 7 days after estrus. Intact PP cows were used to evaluate cycle length. Blood was collected daily from all PP cows from Day 25 PP through luteectomy and on Days 9, 11, and 13 post-GnRH from the oil- and P4-intact cows to determine short (SHORT) versus normal (NORM) luteal phases. Cycling cows were bled daily from estrus until CL removal NORM PP cows had higher (P less than 0.001) P4 levels than did SHORT PP cows from Day 7 through Day 13 post-GnRH, and more (P less than 0.05) P4-intact cows were NORM compared with oil-intact cows (45.5% vs. 14.3%, respectively). Corpora lutea from cycling cows were heavier (P less than 0.05) and had a higher luteinizing hormone (LH) receptor concentration (P less than 0.05), but CL P4 concentration did not differ from PP cows. Corpora lutea weight, LH receptor and P4 concentration, and in vitro P4 production were similar in the oil-and P4-treated PP cows. NORM cows had heavier CL (P less than 0.05) than SHORT cows, although P4 content and LH receptor concentration did not differ.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

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