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  • Title: Follicular phase gonadotropin secretion in cyclic postpartum beef cows with phlorizin-induced hypoglycemia.
    Author: Rutter LM, Manns JG.
    Journal: J Anim Sci; 1988 May; 66(5):1194-200. PubMed ID: 3135285.
    Abstract:
    Twenty mature, lactating Hereford-cross cows were used to determine the effect of phlorizin-induced hypoglycemia on gonadotropin secretion following prostaglandin-induced luteolysis. Cows were 43 to 108 d postpartum and had a functional corpus luteum (CL) at the start of infusion treatment (d 1). Infusions consisted of either saline (control) or 3 g/d of phlorizin infused continuously from the time of prostaglandin injection at 1000 on d 1 until 0800 on d 5. Blood samples were collected for determination of plasma concentrations of insulin, glucose and free fatty acids (FFA) and for serum concentrations of luteinizing hormone (LH), follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) and progesterone. Plasma concentrations of insulin (P less than .05) and glucose (P less than .05) were lower, whereas FFA concentrations increased (day X treatment, P less than .05) over the infusion period in phlorizin-treated cows compared with saline-infused controls. Mean serum concentrations of LH (1.17 +/- .10 vs 1.53 +/- .20 ng/ml; P less than .05) and LH pulse amplitude (1.69 +/- .14 vs 2.47 +/- .37 ng/ml; P less than .10) were lower in phlorizin-infused compared with saline-infused cows during the 0 to 24-h period immediately preceding the ovulatory gonadotropin surge. The FSH pulse frequency increased (.33 +/- .11 to .55 +/- .12 pulses/h) in saline-infused cows, but decreased (.61 +/- .10 to .41 +/- .11 pulses/h) in phlorizin-infused cows before the gonadotropin surge. Other characteristics of gonadotropin secretion were similar among phlorizin-infused and saline-infused cows. All but one phlorizin-infused cow ovulated and formed functional CL similar to controls.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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