Bovine Uterus

DesCôteaux, Luc; Chastant‐Maillard, Sylvie; Gnemmi, G.; Colloton, Jill; Bollwein, Heinrich

doi:10.1002/9781119265818.ch5

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“…2a ). These results were similar to previous findings that endometrial thickness varied between the stages of the estrous cycle [ 7 , 9 , 23 , 24 ]; it started to increase approximately 3–4 days before ovulation [ 7 , 9 , 23 , 24 ] and decreased approximately 1 day before to 3 days after ovulation [ 7 , 9 , 24 , 25 ].…”

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“…A moving USG image was also digitally recorded (VR570, TOSHIBA TELI CORPORATION, Tokyo, Japan) and used for the measurement of endometrial thickness when the frozen image taken on the farm was considered inappropriate. The endometrium, the inner region of the uterus surrounded by the myometrium, was characterized by an echoic appearance with dark and bright signals [ 24 ]. Endometrial thickness was assessed using ImageJ (Rasband, W.S., ImageJ, U.S. National Institute of Health, Bethesda, USA, http://imagej.nih.gov/ij/, 1997–2016).…”

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“…Steroid hormones play a central role in the regulation of uterine functions including morphological changes in the endometrium during the estrous cycle [ 7 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 ]. Although it is suggested that changes in the endometrium may correlate with peripheral progesterone (P 4 ) concentrations in cattle [ 9 , 25 ] and estradiol-17β (E 2 ) concentrations in cattle [ 7 , 9 , 26 , 27 ], ewes [ 28 , 29 ], and humans [ 2 , 30 , 31 ], the relationship between endometrial thickness and steroid hormones has not yet been fully elucidated.…”

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Relationship between bovine endometrial thickness and plasma progesterone and estradiol concentrations in natural and induced estrus

Sugiura

Akiyoshi

Inoue

et al. 2018

Journal of Reproduction and Development

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The objective of this study was to investigate cyclical changes in endometrial thickness in relation to progesterone (P4) and estradiol-17β (E2) concentrations during natural and induced estrus in 15 cows. In the prostaglandin (PG) F2α-induced estrus group, ultrasonography (USG) at 6-h intervals was used to determine endometrial thickness 48–24 h before the PGF2α treatment until 24 h after ovulation (ovulation = Day 0). In the natural estrus group, USG was performed every 48 h from Day 3 to Days 15–18 after the first ovulation, and then every 6 h until 24 h after ovulation. Endometrial thickness was standardized using Day 13 as a reference day. Blood was collected during every USG examination and plasma P4 and E2 concentrations were determined. Endometrial thickness of the induced estrus group (n = 11) was greater than that of the natural estrus group (n = 9) between 60 and 12 h before ovulation (P < 0.05). In the natural estrus group, prior to an increase in endometrial thickness, a decrease in P4 and an increase in E2 were detected. In the induced estrus group, based on the time of ovulation, an increase in endometrial thickness was detected at the same time of a decrease in P4 before an increase in E2. These results suggest that decreases in P4 concentrations may be a cue to changes in endometrial thickness, while increases in E2 concentrations appear to sustain and/or enhance these changes.

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Relationship between bovine endometrial thickness and plasma progesterone and estradiol concentrations in natural and induced estrus

Sugiura

Akiyoshi

Inoue

et al. 2018

Journal of Reproduction and Development

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“…All six animals were randomly assigned to one of two groups: a diestrus group (DE, n = 3) and a periestrus group (PE, n = 3). Twenty four hours after transrectal ultrasound examination, those selected as part of the PE group were given a second dose of cloprostenol (Estrumate; 2 ml; 250 µg/ml; IM) to elicit luteolysis ( DesCoteaux et al, 2010 ). In the bovine, periestrus is a period of the estrus cycle encompassing −3 days to +4 days from estrus ( DesCoteaux et al, 2010 ).…”

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“…Twenty four hours after transrectal ultrasound examination, those selected as part of the PE group were given a second dose of cloprostenol (Estrumate; 2 ml; 250 µg/ml; IM) to elicit luteolysis ( DesCoteaux et al, 2010 ). In the bovine, periestrus is a period of the estrus cycle encompassing −3 days to +4 days from estrus ( DesCoteaux et al, 2010 ). Estrus behavior and LH hormone levels were not determined; therefore, this period was defined as a non-progesterone dominated phase of the bovine estrous cycle.…”

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Distribution and regulation of gonadotropin-releasing hormone, kisspeptin, RF-amide related peptide-3, and dynorphin in the bovine hypothalamus

Tanco

Whitlock

Jones

et al. 2016

PeerJ

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Recent work has led to the hypothesis that kisspeptin/neurokinin B/dynorphin (KNDy) neurons in the arcuate nucleus (ARC) play a key role in gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) pulse generation and gonadal steroid feedback, with kisspeptin driving GnRH release and neurokinin B and dynorphin acting as pulse start and stop signals, respectively. A separate cell group, expressing RFamide-related peptide-3 (RFRP-3) has been shown to be a primary inhibitor of GnRH release. Very little is known regarding these cell groups in the bovine. In this study, we examined the relative immunoreactivity of kisspeptin, dynorphin, and RFRP-3 and their possible connectivity to GnRH neurons in the hypothalami of periestrus and diestrus bovine. While GnRH and RFRP-3 immunoreactivity were unchanged, kisspeptin and dynorphin immunoreactivity levels varied in relation to plasma progesterone concentrations and estrous status. Animals with higher plasma progesterone concentrations in diestrus had lower kisspeptin and increased dynorphin immunoreactivity in the ARC. The percentage of GnRH cells with kisspeptin or RFRP-3 fibers in close apposition did not differ between estrous stages. However, the proportions of GnRH cells with kisspeptin or RFRP-3 contacts (∼49.8% and ∼31.3%, respectively) suggest direct communication between kisspeptin and RFRP-3 cells to GnRH cells in the bovine. The data produced in this work support roles for kisspeptin and dynorphin, within the KNDy neural network, in controlling GnRH release over the ovarian cycle and conveying progesterone-negative feedback onto GnRH neurons in the bovine.

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Bovine congenital defects recorded by veterinary practitioners

Mee,

Murphy,

Curran

2023

Reprod Domestic Animals

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A mobile phone app was used by 59 veterinary practitioners to collect case histories and images of 191 cattle with congenital defects distributed nationally over a 3‐year period. The majority of cases were recorded during the spring calving season (57.6%) in pluriparous dairy dams. The majority of calves were recorded at birth or within the first week (66.5%) in singletons born at full‐term. On the majority of farms (75.9%), this was the only congenitally deformed bovine recorded up to that point in the year and on the majority of farms, there were no congenitally deformed cattle recorded in the previous 5 years. The majority of congenital defects (83.5%) were recorded in the musculoskeletal or digestive systems. The three most commonly recorded individual defects were intestinal atresia (24.1%), schistosomus reflexus (20.4%) and ankylosis (6.8%); multiple defects were recorded in 13.1% of cases. These findings highlight the relatively high prevalence of intestinal atresia and schistosomus reflexus in calves attended by veterinary practitioners, which warrants implementation of preventive measures. The project highlights the potential benefits of veterinary‐practitioner apps to detect changing trends in endemic, or the emergence of novel, congenital or other conditions.

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Bovine Uterus

Cited by 8 publications

References 15 publications

Relationship between bovine endometrial thickness and plasma progesterone and estradiol concentrations in natural and induced estrus

Relationship between bovine endometrial thickness and plasma progesterone and estradiol concentrations in natural and induced estrus

Distribution and regulation of gonadotropin-releasing hormone, kisspeptin, RF-amide related peptide-3, and dynorphin in the bovine hypothalamus

Bovine congenital defects recorded by veterinary practitioners

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