Ovarian response to gonadotrophin by Merino ewes selected for fecundity

Author:

Bindon BM,Ch'ang TS,Turner HN

Abstract

Medium-wool Merino ewes, from groups that, as a result of selection since 1954 for this character, have a low (O group) and high (T group) incidence of multiple births, were injected with 0,375,750, or 1500 i.u. pregnant mare serum gonadotrophin (PMSG) on day 13 or 15 of the oestrous cycle (day 1 is the day of oestrus). The two groups were compared on the basis of the occurrence of oestrus, number of ovulations, ovarian follicle score, plasma progesterone level, and weight of luteal tissue. Conception rate in the two groups was compared by examining the reproductive tracts on day 20 of pregnancy, when the number and size of embryos were assessed. Injection of PMSG on days 13 and 15 gave similar results, so these data were pooled for all subsequent comparisons. Dose response lines for PMSG were constructed, the above ovarian characters being used as response types, and the curves were compared by relative potency analysis. On the basis of number of ovulations, plasma progesterone, and luteal tissue weight, PMSG was approximately three times as potent in T ewes as in O ewes. That is, for a given dose of PMSG, the T ewes produced an ovarian response three times as great as that of O ewes. At low doses of PMSG (4 1500 i.u.) the T ewes also produced more follicles in the ovary than 0 ewes. With 1500 i.u. PMSG this was reversed, since the O ewes produced many follicles that did not ovulate. The relative loss of potential embryos by day 20 was similar in the O and T ewes examined, and increased with increasing dose of PMSG. In ewes given 1500 i.u. PMSG only 20-35% of potential embryos were recovered. Embryo size on day 20 was not significantly influenced by either group or dose of PMSG. In untreated ewes the normal ovulation rate differed significantly between the O group (1.00) and T group (1.50). Ovarian data collected from untreated adult ewes of the O and T groups substantiate the differences observed in the PMSG study. It is not yet known whether the between-group differences in fecundity have arisen through changes in pituitary gonadotrophin secretion, changes in ovarian sensitivity, or both.

Publisher

CSIRO Publishing

Subject

General Agricultural and Biological Sciences

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