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Light-induced sexually active rams provoke LH preovulatory surges and enhances LH concentrations in ewes after progestagen treatment

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The effect of the introduction of sexually active rams in spring on LH secretion in ewes after progestagen treatment has been studied. Two rams were induced into a sexually active state by exposure to 2 months of long days (16 h of light/d) from 1 January (SAR), and another 2 rams were exposed to the natural photoperiod, so that they were not sexually activated in spring (control; C). At the end of the long-day period, rams were returned to natural photoperiod conditions. Fifteen ewes synchronized in estrus by intravaginal sponges were assigned to three groups at sponge withdrawal (hour 0): SAR (n ¼ 5), exposed to SAR rams; C (n ¼ 5), exposed to C rams, and ISO (n ¼ 5), kept isolated from rams. Twenty-four hours after pessary removal (hour 0), rams were introduced into the SAR and C groups. Three SAR ewes presented preovulatory LH surges; the proportion was significantly (P < 0.05) higher in this group (3/5) than in the others (C: 0/5, ISO: 0/5). SAR introduction induced a more marked (P < 0.05) increase in mean LH plasma concentrations (before rams: 1.34 AE 0.19; after rams: 6.94 AE 2.66 ng/ml) than C (before: 0.96 AE 0.29; after: 3.60 AE 1.44) or ISO (before: 1.26 AE 0.42; after: 2.14 AE 1.36) groups, and significantly (P < 0.05) higher plasma LH levels after ram introduction. In conclusion, only light-treated sexually activated rams induced LH preovulatory surges in ewes in the seasonal anestrus, when ewes are synchronized with progestagen treatment in the absence of eCG.
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hal-03005693 , version 1 (14-11-2020)

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José A. Abecia, Matthieu Keller, Philippe Chemineau, José A. Delgadillo. Light-induced sexually active rams provoke LH preovulatory surges and enhances LH concentrations in ewes after progestagen treatment. Heliyon, 2020, 6 (3), ⟨10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e03529⟩. ⟨hal-03005693⟩
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