Progesterone during the breeding season and pregnancy in female muskoxen on different dietary regimens
Previously, we documented lowered calving success in captive muskoxen raised for 6 years on a low nutritional plane. In an effort to identify causes of lowered calf production, we looked at serum progesterone during the breeding season in muskoxen raised on either a high (HP) or low (LP) nutritional...
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doaj-9d4f2a5b9780441bab4ce4c998084a592020-11-25T00:25:28ZengSeptentrio Academic PublishingRangifer1890-67291997-02-0117310.7557/2.17.3.13631288Progesterone during the breeding season and pregnancy in female muskoxen on different dietary regimensJanice E. RowellRobert G. WhiteWilliam E. HauerPreviously, we documented lowered calving success in captive muskoxen raised for 6 years on a low nutritional plane. In an effort to identify causes of lowered calf production, we looked at serum progesterone during the breeding season in muskoxen raised on either a high (HP) or low (LP) nutritional plane. Complete cessation of estrous cycli-city in 2 parous cows was the only irregularity identified. Abortion and/or embryonic loss occurred in both HP and LP cows. We also compared progesterone during pregnancy between the 2 nutritional planes and lactating and non-lacta-ting cows. The timing of the rise and fall of the mid-pregnant progesterone peak was consistent with stage of gestation and apparently independent of time of breeding, diet or lactational status.https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/rangifer/article/view/1363estrous cyclebody conditionembryonic lossabortionprogesteronemuskoxen |
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Janice E. Rowell Robert G. White William E. Hauer Progesterone during the breeding season and pregnancy in female muskoxen on different dietary regimens Rangifer estrous cycle body condition embryonic loss abortion progesterone muskoxen |
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Janice E. Rowell Robert G. White William E. Hauer |
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Progesterone during the breeding season and pregnancy in female muskoxen on different dietary regimens |
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Progesterone during the breeding season and pregnancy in female muskoxen on different dietary regimens |
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Progesterone during the breeding season and pregnancy in female muskoxen on different dietary regimens |
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Progesterone during the breeding season and pregnancy in female muskoxen on different dietary regimens |
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Progesterone during the breeding season and pregnancy in female muskoxen on different dietary regimens |
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progesterone during the breeding season and pregnancy in female muskoxen on different dietary regimens |
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Septentrio Academic Publishing |
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Rangifer |
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1890-6729 |
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1997-02-01 |
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Previously, we documented lowered calving success in captive muskoxen raised for 6 years on a low nutritional plane. In an effort to identify causes of lowered calf production, we looked at serum progesterone during the breeding season in muskoxen raised on either a high (HP) or low (LP) nutritional plane. Complete cessation of estrous cycli-city in 2 parous cows was the only irregularity identified. Abortion and/or embryonic loss occurred in both HP and LP cows. We also compared progesterone during pregnancy between the 2 nutritional planes and lactating and non-lacta-ting cows. The timing of the rise and fall of the mid-pregnant progesterone peak was consistent with stage of gestation and apparently independent of time of breeding, diet or lactational status. |
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estrous cycle body condition embryonic loss abortion progesterone muskoxen |
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