Interferon-stimulated Gene 15 and Interferon-1 Stimulated Gene 17 Messenger RNA-based Detection of Early Pregnancy in Aardi Goats in Saudi Arabia
Kamal Al-Samawi1, Mohamed Al-Hassan2, Hussein Migdadi3,4*, Megahed Ammar5 and Salem Alghamdi3
1Animal Production Department, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary medicine, Thamar University, Yemen Republic
2Animal Production Department, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, KSA
3Plant Production Department, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, KSA
4National Agricultural Research Center, P.O Box: 639, Baq’a 19381, Jordan
5Rice Research and Training Center, Sakha 33717, Kafrelsheikh, Egypt
Fig. 1.
Concentrations of progesterone hormone (P4) in pregnant and non-pregnant Aardi goats at 1, 7, 15, 23, 35, and 60 days post natural mating (NM), blood samples were collected from Aardi goats, (means ± SEM), *denotes significant difference (P<0.01) between pregnant and non-pregnant goats, (n=32).
Fig. 2.
Relative expression of mRNA of interferon-stimulated gene 17 (ISG17) in pregnant and non-pregnant Aardi goats at 1, 7, 15, 23, 35, and 60 days post natural mating (NM), blood samples were collected from Aardi goats, (means ± SEM), *denotes significant difference (P<0.01) between pregnant and non-pregnant goats, (n=32).
Fig. 3.
Relative expression of mRNA of interferon-stimulated gene 15 (ISG15) and interferon-stimulated gene 17 (ISG17) in pregnant (A) and non pregnant Aardi goats at 1, 7, 15, 23, 35, and 60 days post natural mating (NM), blood samples were collected from Aardi goats, (means ± SEM), (n=32).