Progesterone supplementation after ovulation Effects on corpus luteum function and on fertility of dairy cows subjected to AI or ET》.pdfVIP

Theriogenology 84 (2015) 1215–1224 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Theriogenology journal homepage: Progesterone supplementation after ovulation: Effects on corpus luteum function and on fertility of dairy cows subjected to AI or ET Pedro L.J. Monteiro Jr a, Anibal B. Nascimento a, Guilherme C.S. Pontes a, Gabriela O. Fernandes a, Leonardo F. Melo a, Milo C. Wiltbank b, Roberto Sartori a, * a Department of Animal Science, University of São Paulo, Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil b Department of Dairy Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: Three experiments were done to evaluate the effects of progesterone (P4) supplementa- Received 8 January 2015 tion starting during metestrus on formation of the CL and on fertility of lactating dairy Received in revised form 31 May 2015 cows subjected to fixed-time artificial insemination (FTAI) or embryo transfer (ET). In Accepted 30 June 2015 experiment 1, 42 Holstein cows were randomly allocated to untreated (Control) or to receive an intravaginal implant containing 1.9 g of P4 from Day 3 to 20 after FTAI Keywords: (controlled internal drug release [CIDR]). Blood samples were collected on Days 3, 4, 7, 11, Bovine 14, 17, 20, and 21 after FTAI to evaluate the effect of CIDR supplementation on plasma Fer