A study of Serum Steroid Hormones Concentrations Of Pregnant Cows

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AL-Anbaky K. I. H.

Abstract

The objective of present work is to estimated peripheral blood serum concentrations of pregnancy
hormones, oestradiol , progesterone and testosterone , in cows . For this purpose 24 Frezain- Holstein
cows at different stages of pregnancy the blood samples were taken from jugular veins. The serum
were separated and frozen at – 20 c until analysis. The serum hormones were measured by a specific
ELISA technique (ELISA Linear Multi Reader). The data were represented Mean + S.D. Progesterone
was high during pregnancy reaching a maximum of 91.94 + 26.09 ng/ml during last thirds (6-8
months) of pregnancy , but was below 9.12 + 2.41 ng/ml for several months during the pregnancy.
Oestradiol levels varied from 9.0+ 2.89 pg/ml in the first thirds of pregnancy to 282.6 + 48 .514 pg/ml
during the last month of gestation. While testosterone hormone level was low 0.32 + 0.12 ng /ml
during pregnancy. The result indicated that the major sources of hormones appeared to be the 0vary
(corpus luteum ) and the uterus (placenta). The ovarian contribution was greater during the first – thirds
of pregnancy than later, whereas that made by the placenta was higher during the last thirds of
pregnancy

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A study of Serum Steroid Hormones Concentrations Of Pregnant Cows. (2009). The Iraqi Journal of Veterinary Medicine, 33(1), 180-182. https://doi.org/10.30539/iraqijvm.v33i1.731
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A study of Serum Steroid Hormones Concentrations Of Pregnant Cows. (2009). The Iraqi Journal of Veterinary Medicine, 33(1), 180-182. https://doi.org/10.30539/iraqijvm.v33i1.731