Influence of Experimental Intrauterine Infusion of Arcanobacterium pyogenes Solution on Ovarian Activity in Cycling Cows
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To examine the ovarian response to Arcanobacterium pyogenes (A. pyogenes) in uterus, bacterial solution was infused into the uteri of cows, and the follicle and corpus luteum (CL) development were monitored with a real-time ultrasound instrument. In addition, the plasma concentrations of progesterone (P4) and 13, 14-dihydro-15-keto-PGF2α (PGFM) were determined. A 10 ml bacterial solution that contained A. pyogenes (8 to 15 × 108 CFU/ml) was infused into the uterus of eight cows transcervically three days after natural ovulation. As a control, sterile physiological saline was infused into 4 other cows. The dominant follicle developed normally in 8 cows after bacteria inoculation. In 4 of these 8 cows, the developing CL regressed, and the first wave dominant follicles, which normally become atretic, ovulated after the inoculation. In the remaining 4 cows, the CL did not regress. The PGFM concentration increased transiently in all 8 cows after the infusion. The mean PGFM concentration of the cows with a regressed CL was significantly lower (P<0.01) than that of the cows whose CLs did not regress. In the control cows, there was no regression of developing CLs, no ovulation of first wave dominant follicles and no transient increase in PGFM after the infusion of sterile physiological saline. These results show that infusion of A. pyogenes into the uterus did not affect folliculogenesis and might have induced PGF2α production from the uterus.
著者
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Kawakami Shizuo
Department Of Theriogenology Azabu University
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Kaneko Kazuyuki
Department Of Orthodontics And Dentofacial Orthopedics The University Of Tokushima Graduate School O
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KANEKO Kazuyuki
Department of Veterinary Obstetrics and Gynecology, Azabu University
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