Zartasha Anjum1*, Rakhshindah Bajwa2 and Munazza Hassan3
Shafaq Fatima*, Sumrin Sahar and Khalid Lone
...>2), cortisol (C), progesterone (P) and 17α-hydroxyprogesterone (17α-HP) during annual reproductive cycle under semi-arid climate conditions. GSI increased during March concomitant with gradual increase in levels of T, P and 17α-HP. Highest values of these parameters were observed at different stages of gonadal development. T and 11-KT played key role in progress of testicular development and final ma...
Amna Younus1,3, Mariam Faiz2 and Abida Yasmeen1,*
..., -ve estrogen receptor/ progesterone receptor (-ER/PR: 35%) and negative human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (-ve Her2: 53%) hormonal status. Results also depicted that FokI and TaqI genotypic frequencies were significantly (P<0.001) distributed among women with different tumor grades and ER/PR status. FokI genotypic distribution was significantly associated (P<0.001) with different Her2 status whereas TaqI SNP was not a...
Jawaria Shaheen1, Samiah Shahid1, Sabahat Shahzadi2, M. Waheed Akhtar1,3 and Saima Sadaf1,*
... to absence of estrogen, progesterone and HER2 receptors. We aimed to identify a panel of circulating miRNAs which can act as diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers specifically for TNBC. The blood samples were collected from 37 TNBC diagnosed patients and 34 age-matched non-TNBC controls to investigate the expression of miRNA panel. Plasma was isolated by standard protocol of centrifugation and then isolation of total RNA including miRNA was done. About 100ng o...
Abid Hussain Shahzad1, Abdul Sattar1,*, Nasim Ahmad1, Ijaz Ahmad2, Deniz Nak3 and Yavuz Nak3
...measured at timed AI and progesterone profile (ng/mL) on d30 and d60 post AI. Pregnancy rate was analyzed by Chi-square procedure while ovulatory follicle diameter and Progesterone profile by one way ANOVA (α=0.05). Ovulatory follicle diameter (Mean±SEM) was 15.19±0.17 (OVP0), 15.30±0.21 (OVP5) and 15.24±0.19 (OVP7), respectively. The P4 concentration has significant (P<0.05) diffe...
Mahdi Khojastekey1, Majid Kalantar1, Jam Zaheer Ahmed2, Samiullah Khan3, Muhammad Altaf Hussain4, Rajwali Khan5 and Sayed Haidar Abbas Raza6*
...p ewes were treated with progesterone sponge for 14 days prior to the mating and received 400 IU of PMSG at sponge removal. Reproductive, productive and economic records of ewes were collected for two years and data were analyzed. According to the results, there were significant differences between treatment and control group in fecundity rate (249 vs.147%), prolificacy rate (264 vs.178%), lamb born crop (9.9 vs. 5.9 kg), weaning rate (206.28 vs.111.22%), fert...
Saeed Murtaza1, Abdul Sattar1*, Nasim Ahmad1, Muhammad Ijaz2, Maqsood Akhtar3 and Muhammad Shahzad4
...pregnant size. Regarding progesterone, it remained non-significant (P>0.05) throughout postpartum period among treatments. Furthermore, milk composition results showed that fat, protein, lactose, freezing point, SNF and solids were significantly higher (P<0.05) in group-2 and group-3 as compared to group-1 except density and pH which remained non-significant (P>0.05) in all groups. On the basis of result, it may be concluded that oxytocin had no effec...
Jiao Qin,Qian-Qian Su and Quan-Sheng Liu*
...rol group at day 24, and progesterone (P) secretion was not remarkably influenced by cabergoline. Moreover, the duration of investigation toward normal females in the 50 µg/kg groups at day 3 exceeded that of pre-treatment. The females treated by 100µg/kg cabergoline increased the frequency of investigation towards normal females and self-grooming and resting than pre-treatment. The duration of female investigation and defense towards normal males ...
Amit Sharma1* and Pankaj Sood2
Sonographic Assessment of Ovarian Follicular Dynamics during Breeding and Non-Breeding Season in Gaddi Goats
...th the seasons for serum progesterone (P4) estimations. Follicular growth was characterized by presence of three to five numbers of follicular waves in both seasons. Significantly higher (P<0.01) number of follicular waves (4.0±0.21 versus 3.18±0.12), number of follicles at wave emergence during second (2.85±0.26 versus 1.77±0.14; P<0.01) and third wave (2.57±0.2 versus 2.0±0.16; P<0.05), along with shorter pe...
Muhammad Younis1, Muhammad Irfan-ur-Rehman Khan1*, Mustansar Abbas1, Ali Murtaza1, Imran Mohsin2, Muhammad Shahzad3 and Muhammad Zahid Tahir1
...n (Sep-Nov 2018). Plasma progesterone and estradiol-17β concentrations were determined throughout the cycle using radioimmunoassay. The average length of the estrous cycle in Lohi sheep was 17.0±0.1 days and follicular and luteal phases were 4.6±0.2 and 11.3±0.2 days long, respectively. Estrous cycles had either three or four follicular waves; 3-wave cycles were more frequent than 4-waves (87vs.13%; p≤0.05, respectively). In...
Kamal Al-Samawi1, Mohamed Al-Hassan2, Hussein Migdadi3,4*, Megahed Ammar5 and Salem Alghamdi3
... Aardi goats compared to progesterone and ultrasound (US) were evaluated. Female goats were synchronized using the ovsynch protocol level in combination with natural mating (NM). Blood samples were collected at 1, 7, 15, 23, 35, and 60 days post NM. Levels of ISG15 and ISG17 mRNAs were assayed using real-time PCR, and serum progesterone (P4) concentrations were assayed using an ELISA kit. Pregnanc...
Tian Tian, Lili Luo*, Haiyan Wang and Lei Wang
...orionic gonadotropin and progesterone monitoring on the treatment of ectopic pregnancy with methotrexate combined with mifepristone. One hundred and eighty patients with ectopic pregnancy were included in the study, all of whom were treated with methotrexate combined with mifepristone tablets. According to the treatment results, they were divided into treatment success group and the treatment failure group, each containing with 90 cases. The levels of β- ...
Arman Sayuti1, Hamdan Hamdan2, Miftahul Jannah3, Safriadi Safriadi3, Teuku Nasri3, Tongku Nizwan Siregar2*
...f steroids (estrogen and progesterone) in the local rabbits. In this study, we used 10 non pregnant rabbits that have given birth and were healthy clinically. All rabbits were randomly divided into two treatment groups, namely control group (K1) and treatment group (K2) where each group consist of five rabbits. The rabbits of K1 group were injected with aquabides for three consecutive days at a doses of 1.0, 0.5 and 0.3 mL each, whereas rabbits K2 were injecte...
Mohamed Abd El-Fattah Abo-Farw1, Maged Ahmed Aboul-Omran1, Abdel-Khalek El-Sayed Abdel-Khalek2*
...d serum concentration of progesterone (P4), estrogen (E2), thyroxin (T4), zinc (Zn), and selenium (Se) by about 24.05, 13.80, 5.36, 2.50, and 3.44%, respectively, while triiodothyronine (T3) concentration showed non-significant decrease by about 3.77%. Mastitis incidence at early postpartum in lactating Egyptian buffaloes delayed the resumption of estrous and ovarian activity and decreased pregnancy rate, antioxidant status, thyroid and reproductive hormones a...
Ibrahim Samir Abd El-Hamid1*, Wafaa Adel Abd Fouda1, Hesham Attia Shedeed1, Safaa Ali Mostafa1, Ahmed Mohamed Elbaz2, Salah Abo Bakr2, Baliegh Hamdy Mosa1, Ali Saber Morsy1, Amal Mohamed Hasan1, Khamis Refaay Emam3
Asim Faraz1, Muhammad Yaqoob2, Nasir Ali Tauqir3, Hafiz Muhammad Ishaq1, Ayman Balla Mustafa4, Amir Ismail5, Muhammad Arslan Akbar6, Abdul Waheed1* and Muhammad Shahid Nabeel7
...l biomarkers in terms of progesterone and estradiol as early pregnancy indicators in female dromedary camel. A total of 44 female Marecha camels were selected in Thal desert of Pakistan during breeding season (December-March) and kept under semi-intensive management system (SIMS). Selected animals were divided into two comparable groups of 22 animals in each to determine the hormonal profile. G1 was composed on lactating non-pregnant while G2 had newly bred sh...
Abdullah Channo1*, Asmatullah Kaka1, Qudratullah Kalwar2, Imdadullah Jamali3, Ghulam Jelani2, Muhammad Bakhsh4, Ghulam Nabi Dahri5 and Jai Parkash Goil6
...vation, determination of progesterone level in plasma and milk by using kits of progesterone assay, and to confirm the diagnosis of COD, mostly trans rectal palpation and trans rectal ultrasonography methods have been used. COD should be treated by using different treatment protocols such as hormonal, medicinal and homeopathic medicines....
Arsalan Maqbool1,2, Faez Firdaus Abdullah Jesse1,3*, Eric Lim Teik Chung3,5, Abd Wahid Haron3, Mohd Azmi Mohd Lila5, Bura Thlama Paul3,4, Khaliq ur Rehman Bhutto3,6
...revealed that the plasma progesterone concentration increased significantly (p<0.05) whereas estrogen, follicle-stimulating hormone and luteinizing hormone decreased significantly (p<0.05) in the non-vaccinated group compared to vaccinated and control groups in both seasons. The study outcomes shown that climate has neither significant effect on reproductive physiology nor exaggerated the effect on an experimentally infected animal. Furthermore, it is co...
Ali Basim Abd Al-Hadi*, Tahreer Mohammed Al-Thuwaini, Mohammed Baqur Sahib Al-Shuhaib
...one levels. Estrogen and progesterone were significantly higher (P≤0.05) and follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) levels were lower in the CC genotype (85.10 ± 3.11) (pg/ml), (8.82 ± 0.52) (ng/ml), and (13.95 ± 2.71) (ng/ml) respectively compared to a CG and GG genotypes in twins versus singleton gestations. In conclusion, FST gene polymorphism significantly influences reproductive hormone levels in Awassi ewes. Excluding sheep that carry...
Veasna Chem1 †, Hong-Seok Mun1,2 †, Keiven Mark B. Ampode1, Shad Mahfuz1, Il-Byung Chung1, Muhammad Ammar Dilawar1,3, Chul-Ju Yang1,3,*
...as fed 5 ml of synthetic progesterone for 18 days, and the anus temperature was measured using the contact thermometer, non-contact infrared thermometer, and DITI camera FLIR E76. The temperature of the vulva during proestrus and estrus was measured using a DITI camera FLIR E76. As a result, there was no significant difference (p>0.05) in the anus temperature using the thermometer, non-contact infrared thermometer, and DITI camera FLIR E76. Moreover, the av...
Wael Mohamed Wafa1*, Mohammed Mahmoud Hegazy1, Mohamed Mohamed El-said Ibrahim1, Hamdy Abdala El-Nagar1, Rehab Fawzy Ismail2
...days (P<0.05). Plasma progesterone at puberty and conception was higher (P<0.05) in GG and PFG than in CG. In conclusion, pre-puberty treatment of female calves orally with 300 ml glycerol twice/week/head or protected fat (25 g/100 kg) for 4 months is important for raising breeding heifers for precious puberty, early ages at 1st service and conception, increased pregnancy rate, and better body confirmation.
Keywords | Friesian heifers, Glycerol,...
Samaa M Galal1, Sally Ibrahim2, Karima Mahmoud2, Ola Adel1, Aya A. Shokry3, El-Belely MS1, Ismail Sayed Taha1*
...e accompanied changes in progesterone (P4), nitric oxide (NO) concentrations and histological evaluation through different stages of CL in buffaloes. Forty five paired samples of ovarian tissue from buffaloes were obtained from slaughterhouse. Ovaries were collected and CLs were classified morphologically into three stages: early, mid and late stages. Moreover, the CLs were frozen at -80 °C for NO estimation in CLs homogenate, RNA isolation and gene expres...
Shakeel Ahmed Wagan1, Akeel Ahmed Memon1, Qudratullah Kalwar2*, Asmatullah kaka1, Mohammad Farooque Hassan2, Hidayatulah Soomro2, Safia Kadhro3, Abdullah Sethar4 and Muhammad Jehangeer5
...CIDR) (containing 1.38mg progesterone) inserted into vagina on 0 day of the treatment and removed on 7th day of the treatment. Group C (Control group) received 02ml normal saline on 0, 7th and 9th day of the treatment. The positivity of estrus in peak and low breeding seasons was higher in Group B (88.88% and 60%) followed by Group A (73.33% and 46.66%) and Group C (14.28% and 10%). Similarly Group B animals showed higher fertility rate (66.66% and 46.66%) fol...
Shah Murad Khan1, Hamayun Khan1, Younas Muhammad1, Haq Aman Ullah1*, Muhammad Tariq Tunio2, Ali Gohar2 and Fazli Rabbani3
... estrogen (E2) and lower progesterone (P4) concentrations for MSS than POP group. Cows with higher E2 and lower P4 levels at estrus got conceived (P<0.05). Highest level of E2 was recorded in pregnant cows in POP group in comparison with MSS. The P4 concentration of pregnant cows in MSS was lowest at the time of insemination (P<0.05). Induction of fertile estrous was maximum in POP group than MSS, but conception rate in cows receiving TAI was significant...
Lili Zhao1, Fan Zhao1 and Yaping Jin2*
...cretion of estradiol and progesterone was also dramatically decreased after Grp78 knockout. Our results strongly suggest that GRP78 plays an important role in maintaining the normal functionalities of GTCs....
Sri Rahayu*, Muhaimin Rifa’i and Widodo
...g, and the regulation of progesterone secretion. We concluded that GDF9 is important for female gonad development, ovulation cycle mechanisms, ovarian follicle growth, and female fertility....
Mohamed A. Abu El-Hamd1*, Abdelslam M. Metwally2, Zahya R. Ghallab2, Wael A. El-Hamady1 and Mohamed A. El-karamany1
...ws. The concentration of progesterone (P4) significantly decreased in pregnant cows compared with non-pregnant in G2 and G3 at artificial insemination (AI), while it was higher at days 7, 14 and 24 post-AI in pregnant than in non-pregnant cows. At oestrus, the P4 concentration was significantly decreased in G1, G2, G3 and G4, in pregnant cow than in non-pregnant of high or low fertility. Economic analysis revealed that the PGF2-GnRH protocols were the least ex...
Ayoola J. Shoyombo1, Ake A. Moses1, Comfort I. Ukim2, Mustapha A. Popoola2, Olayinka O. Alabi1, Noah C. Edozie1, Faith Ogbor1, Jacob Kuusu1, Ekemini M. Okon3*
...to the dry season, while progesterone and luteinizing hormones were significantly (p<0.05) higher during the wet season. Only testosterone was significantly (p<0.05) higher in the wet season compared to the dry season in WAD bucks. All other measured hormones in WAD bucks showed no clear pattern. This study hypothesized that the seasonal effect is more pronounced in the female gender than in the male. Also, both genders tend to be significantly influence...
Pankaj Gargotra1, Judith Betsy C1*, Cheryl Antony2 and Stephen Sampath Kumar J3
...y, hormone (cortisol and progesterone) variations, breeding performance and growth parameters were recorded. Significant differences in the growth and breeding performance of female brooder under different treatments were noted. Among the selected vitamins, incorporation of vitamin C at 150 mg /kg of diet resulted in maximum mean weight gain (2.51 ± 0.043 g), mean weight gain percentage (70.74 ± 1.219), mean DGR (0.16 ± 0.003) and mean SGR...
Gokarna Gautam1*, Sajan Rokaya1, Bhuminand Devkota1, Saroj Sapkota2
...and measurement of blood progesterone concentration using ELISA. Seasonal breeding and calving patterns were similar at two locations. The highest proportions of buffaloes were bred during autumn (40.8%), followed by winter (29.5%), summer (19.8%) and spring (10%). While comparing the month-wise patterns, the highest and the lowest proportions of breeding were in November and April, respectively. Likewise, the highest proportions of buffaloes calved in autumn ...
Gokarna Gautam1*, Hari Adhikari1, Bhuminand Devkota1, Subir Singh2
...a CIDR containing 1.9 gm progesterone was inserted into the vagina on d0 and removed on d7. Ovarian cyclicity status during CIDR insertion and the presence of corpus luteum (CL) on 8-9 day after FTAI were determined using transrectal ultrasonography. Estrus expression rate (96.7% vs 68%; P=0.008) and ovulation rate (93.3% vs 76%; P=0.10) were higher in CIDR-synch than in Ovsynch group. Although pregnancy rate from FTAI did not differ between CIDR-synch (33.3%)...
