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Effects of Supplement with Letrozole and N-methyl-D-aspartate on Plasma Reproductive Hormone Levels of Ewes on the Basis of Melatonin Supplementation

ZHAO Guodong, ZANG Changjiang, WANG Gen, XIE Jinglong, YANG Jiantao, TANG Xuemei, ZHANG Juanli, YANG Kailun   

  1. Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Meat & Milk Production Herbivore Nutrition, Xinjiang Agricultural University, Urumqi 830052, China
  • Received:2018-07-20 Online:2018-12-20 Published:2018-12-21

Abstract:

This experiment was conducted to study the effects of feeding melatonin (MLT) on the breeding ewes in the off-season and feeding letrozole (LE) and N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) on the basis of MLT,and to provide reference for the development and utilization of regulating ewes estrus drugs.Forty health multiparous Suffolk ewes with the age of (3.0±0.5) years old and the average weight of 76.23 kg±12.25 kg were randomly divided into 4 groups,control group and test groups Ⅰ,Ⅱ and Ⅲ,10 in each group.Control group:Basal diet;Test groupⅠ:Basal diet+ MLT 10 mg/d;Test groupⅡ:Basal diet+MLT 10 mg/d+LE 7 mg/d;Test group Ⅲ:Basal diet+MLT 10 mg/d+LE 7 mg/d+NMDA 300 mg/d.The results showed that,compared with the control group,the levels of FSH,E2,E3 and DHT in ewes plasma extremely significantly increased (P<0.01),and the level of T significantly decreased (P<0.05) in test group Ⅰ;Plasma MLT and LH levels were extremely significantly increased (P<0.01) and the FSH level was significantly increased (P<0.05) in test groupⅡ;In test group Ⅲ,the levels of MLT and GnRH in the plasma of the ewe were significantly increased (P<0.05).Compared with test groupⅠ,the MLT in the plasma of test group Ⅱ was significantly increased (P<0.05),and the LH and T levels were extremely significantly increased (P<0.01).Compared with test groups Ⅰ and Ⅱ,the FSH level was extremely significantly lower in test group Ⅲ (P<0.01).In summary,MLT and LE had a promoting effect on the release of reproductive-related hormones in ewes,and the combination of the two could achieve the effect of regulating the hormone levels related to reproductive growth of ewes;The combined application of MLT,LE and NMDA had a poor effect on the regulation of reproductive hormones in ewes.

Key words: melatonin; letrozole; N-methyl-D-aspartate; reproductive hormones; ewe

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