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Follicular dynamic and luteal regression in Gir and Nelore cows after treatment with cloprostenol sodic

The follicular dynamics and luteal regression were studied in 12 Gir and seven Nelore cows, treated with prostaglandin F2a analog, between days 10 and 12 of the estrous cycle. The synchronization rate was higher than 92% for the Gir and Nelore cows, and the ovulation of the second dominant follicle occurred in 72.7% of the Gir and all the Nelore cows. The Nelore ovulatory follicle diameter was lower than Gir cows ((11.0 ± 0.9 mm x 13.0 ± 1.7 mm). The intervals from treatment to estrus, treatment to ovulation time and from the onset of the estrus to ovulation were 88.7 and 91.6h, 119 and 113h, 26.5 and 24.3h for Nelore and Gir cows, respectively.

bovine; corpus luteum; luteal cavity; zebu


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