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  • Title: Differences in reproductive pattern between wild and domestic rams are not associated with inter-specific annual variations in plasma prolactin and melatonin concentrations.
    Author: Santiago-Moreno J, Gómez-Brunet A, González-Bulnes A, Toledano-Díaz A, Malpaux B, López-Sebastián A.
    Journal: Domest Anim Endocrinol; 2005 May; 28(4):416-29. PubMed ID: 15826776.
    Abstract:
    This study compares morphological changes, performed with real-time transrectal ultrasonography, of testis and accessory glands and seasonal endocrine changes in a wild (Mouflon) and a domesticated (Spanish Merino) breed of sheep. In Mouflons, the maximum plasma testosterone concentrations, testicular diameter and vesicular gland size occurred synchronously during autumn (P<0.001). In Merino rams the highest circulating levels of testosterone (P<0.05) and maximum testicular diameter (P<0.001) occurred during summer, with no seasonal variations in vesicular and bulbourethral glands. The seasonal changes in plasma concentrations of prolactin were not correlated with annual variations in testicular and glandular size in neither wild nor domestic species. No differences were observed between both species for the seasonal pattern of prolactin secretion and mean amplitude of melatonin. Wide differences in reproductive patterns between wild and domestic types of rams do not appear to be attributed to seasonal changes in prolactin and melatonin secretion.
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