Taxa de gestação e concentração sérica de progesterona em receptoras de embrião bovino tratadas com somatotropina recombinante bovina (rbST)

• Ano de defesa: 2004
• Autor(a) principal: Haas, Giorgia Thaís da Silva
• Orientador(a): Costa, Eduardo Paulino da
• Banca de defesa: Fernandes, Carlos Antônio de Carvalho , Torres, Ciro Alexandre Alves , Guimarães, José Domingos , Mâncio, Antonio Bento
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Federal de Viçosa
• Programa de Pós-Graduação: Mestrado em Medicina Veterinária
• Departamento: Biotecnologia, diagnóstico e controle de doenças; Epidemiologia e controle de qualidade de prod. de
• País: BR
• Palavras-chave em Português: Bovino; Reprodução; Inseminação artificial; Somatotropina bovina; Transferência de embriões
• Palavras-chave em Inglês: Bovine; Reproduction; Artificial insemination; Somatotropin; Embryo transfer
• Área do conhecimento CNPq: CNPQ::CIENCIAS AGRARIAS::MEDICINA VETERINARIA::REPRODUCAO ANIMAL
• Link de acesso: http://locus.ufv.br/handle/123456789/4988

The purpose of this work was to evaluate the effects of rbST on the gestation rate and in the endogenous progesterone concentrations in embryo recipient heifers. Fifty two recipients were selected randomly and allocated in two treatments: (i) The first (T1) - 22 heifers with no application of rbST (Control treatment); (ii) and the second one with 30 heifers, were treated with a single subcutaneous injection of 250 mg rbST (rbST treatment), applied at detected estrus. Heifers from both treatments received fresh embryos, on day six or eight from the detected estrus. At the same time, blood samples were collected from the coccygeal vein or artery so as to perform the progesterone analysis using the radioimmunoassay technique. Twenty eight days after detected estrus, heifers were ultrasonically scanned per rectum to determine the pregnancy rate. No significant difference (P>0.05) was observed in the pregnancy rate between control (50%) and rbST (46.6%) treated heifers, or in the progesterone concentration, with mean values of 1.71 ± 0.74 ng/mL, and by 1.48 ± 0.72 ng/mL for control and rbST treated animals, respectively. In conclusion, the application of 250 mg rbST, at detected estrus in heifers, was not effective to increases pregnancy rate and progesterone concentration.