Puberty and parturition on the antral follicle count of female Nelore beef cattle-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Puberty and parturition on the antral follicle count of female Nelore beef cattle

Published:2023 Issue: Volume:58 Page:
ISSN:1678-3921
Container-title:Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira
language:
Short-container-title:Pesq. agropec. bras.

Author:

Pfeifer Luiz Francisco Machado¹^ORCID,Oliveira Júnior Jair Sábio de²^ORCID,Seneda Marcelo Marcondes³^ORCID,Camargo Higor Souza de³^ORCID,Morotti Fábio³^ORCID,Andrade Evelyn Rabelo⁴^ORCID,Moreira Elizângela Mirian⁵^ORCID,Andrade Jéssica Souza⁶^ORCID,Silva George Moreira da¹^ORCID,Porto Marlos Oliveira⁴^ORCID,Cavali Jucilene⁴^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Embrapa Rondônia, Brazil

2. Centro Universitário Unifacimed, Brazil

3. Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Brazil

4. Universidade Federal de Rondônia, Brazil

5. Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Brazil

6. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biodiversidade e Biotecnologia, Brazil

Abstract

Abstract The objective of this work was to investigate whether puberty and parturition alter the antral follicle count (AFC) in female Nelore (Bos indicus) beef cattle. Two experiments were carried out to compare AFC between the prepubertal and pubertal periods and between the prepubertal and postpartum periods. AFC and follicle concentrations did not differ between the prepubertal and pubertal periods. However, the ovarian area increased after puberty. In addition, AFC and the ovarian area were greater in the postpartum than in the prepubertal period. Therefore, AFC is not affected by the puberty of Nelore heifers, but increases significantly when the prepubertal heifers become cows.

Publisher

FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

Subject

Agronomy and Crop Science,Animal Science and Zoology

Link

http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&pid=S0100-204X2023000104251&tlng=en

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