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Animal Production Science | 2016

Effect of natural mating or laparoscopic artificial insemination in superovulated Santa Inês ewes on superovulatory response, fertility and embryo viability

J. T. M. Lima; Jeferson Ferreira da Fonseca; M. F. A. Balaro; L. V. Esteves; F. O. Ascoli; C. R. Leite; A. C. S. Ribeiro; K. F. Delgado; J. M. G. Souza-Fabjan; R.A. Torres Filho; Felipe Zandonadi Brandão

This study evaluated the effect of two mating methods (GNM: natural mating or GAI: laparoscopic artificial insemination) on superovulatory response, fertility and embryo yield in superovulated ewes. Fifteen non-pregnant Santa Ines ewes were superovulated and either mated by GNM or GAI in a crossover design. Oestrus was synchronised using intravaginal progestagen sponges for 6 days and on Day 5, 300 IU eCG and 0.0375 mg d-cloprostenol were given. Twelve hours after sponge removal, 0.025 mg gonadotropin-releasing hormone was administered. Superovulation started 48 h after gonadotropin-releasing hormone treatment, using 5 IU/kg follicle-stimulating hormone (pFSH). At the first pFSH dose, new sponges were inserted. At the fifth dose, 0.0375 mg cloprostenol was administered and the sponges were removed. The GNM was mated with rams every 12 h, until the end of oestrus. The ewes of GAI were laparoscopic inseminated with frozen–thawed semen 36 and 48 h after sponge removal. Ultrasonography was performed every 24 h from the beginning of oestrus synchronisation treatment and every 12 h from the second sponge removal to 2 days after the last pFSH dose. Six to seven days after mating, the number of corpora lutea (CL) was evaluated by laparoscopy and the females with > 4 CL were subjected to embryo collection. The interval from sponge removal to ovulation was shorter (P 0.05). The number of recovered structures (6.4 ± 2.4 vs 4.5 ± 3.0), recovery rate (74.0 ± 16.0 vs 52.3 ± 26.5%), number of transferable embryos (3.0 ± 2.9 vs 3.6 ± 2.0) and viability rate (47.2 ± 45.3 vs 77.4 ± 37.1%) did not differ between GAI and GNM (P > 0.05). However, the GAI group showed a higher (P < 0.05) number of unfertilised oocytes (3.1 ± 3.1) and a higher non-fertilisation rate (47.1 ± 45.3%) than the GNM (0.9 ± 2.1 and 11.5 ± 21.5%). The mating method did not affect the superovulatory response, and production of viable embryos although the non-fertilisation rate has been inferior for the AI group.


Arquivo Brasileiro De Medicina Veterinaria E Zootecnia | 2014

Viable offspring after successful non-surgical embryo transfer in goats.

J. F. Fonseca; L. V. Esteves; F. N. Zambrini; Felipe Zandonadi Brandão; M. G. C. D. Peixoto; Rui da Silva Verneque; L.G.B. Siqueira; J. H. M. Viana

O objetivo do presente estudo foi avaliar a viabilidade da tecnica de transferencia nao cirurgica em cabras. Quatro cabras nao-lactantes pluriparas da raca Toggenburg foram utilizadas como receptoras de embrioes, sendo que duas receberam um embrioes e duas receberam dois embrioes coletados nao cirurgicamente cabras doadoras. Os corpos luteos das receptoras foram detectados um dia antes da transferencia de embrioes por ultrassonografia transretal. Uma seringa de 5mL contendo 2mL de meio holding foi acoplada em um cateter tomcat, no qual os embrioes foram aspirados em uma coluna central a duas outras colunas. Um especulo Colin numero 2 foi inserido na vulva e na vagina, e com o uso de uma fonte de luz, a cerviz foi localizada e imobilizada com uma pinca de Allis. Um cateter uretral numero seis acoplado a um mandril e lubrificado com meio PBS foi inserido na cervix, e assim os aneis cervicais foram gradualmente transpostos. Apos perder a resistencia, o cateter uretral foi movido lateralmente para o corno uterino desejado. O mandril e a pinca de Allis foram retirados e o conjunto seringa e tomcat foi acoplado ao cateter uretral e o conteudo injetado no corno uterino ipsilateral ao corpo luteo com posterior retirada do cateter. Cabras que ovularam em apenas um ovario foram usadas para testar a eficiencia da deposicao do embriao. O tempo gasto entre a insercao do especulo e a sua remocao foi inferior a tres minutos. O tempo para transpor a cervix foi inferior a um minuto. A ultrassonografia revelou a deposicao de liquido no corno desejado. Receptoras que receberam dois embrioes tornaram-se gestantes e pariram tres crias. Estes primeiros resultados encorajam a tecnica e demonstram que a transferencia de embrioes em caprinos pode ser feita totalmente por procedimentos nao cirurgicos.


Reproductive Biology | 2017

Evaluation of cervical mucus and reproductive efficiency of seasonally anovular dairy goats after short-term progestagen-based estrous induction protocols with different gonadotropins

Jeferson Ferreira da Fonseca; J. M. G. Souza-Fabjan; M. E. F. Oliveira; Renata C. Cruz; L. V. Esteves; Maria Pia S.L. Matos de Paiva; Felipe Zandonadi Brandão; Antônio B. Mancio

The use of three different gonadotropins was tested for estrous induction in dairy goats during the non-breeding season. All does received an injection of 30 μg of d-cloprostenol and intravaginal sponges containing 60mg of medroxyprogesterone acetate (MAP) for 6 d plus 20 IU of porcine FSH (pFSH), 200 IU of eCG or 250 IU of hCG 24h before sponge removal. In Experiment 1 (n=24), ovarian ultrasound parameters were recorded and cervical mucus was evaluated daily for 5 d after sponge removal or until ovulation. In Experiment 2 (n=80), reproductive efficiency of artificially inseminated or naturally mated does was assessed. The mean interval from sponge removal to ovulation (73.5±23.7 h), number of ovulations (1.6±0.7) and ovulatory follicle diameter (7.2±0.8 mm) did not vary (P >0.05) among the three groups. At ovulation, cervical mucus had crystalline-striated to striated (22.2%), striated to striated-caseous (72.2%) and striated-caseous to caseous (5.6%) appearance. The largest follicle diameter was greater (P <0.05) in does with crystalline (6.7±1.4 mm), crystalline-striated (7.2±1.1 mm) or striated (7.3±1.3 mm) mucus than in those with striated-caseous (5.3±1.4 mm) or caseous (4.5±1.1 mm) mucus. Percentage of animals exhibiting estrus (92.5%) and conception rate (60.8%) were similar (P >0.05) among the three gonadotropins groups. Results of this study support the use of eCG (200 IU), hCG (250 IU) and pFSH (20 IU) for the estrous induction protocols in dairy goats during the non-breeding season. Cervical mucus evaluation can be used as an additional method to determine the optimal time for artificial insemination in goats.


Animal Science Journal | 2017

Protected fatty acid supplementation during estrus synchronization treatment on reproductive parameters of dairy goats

Juliana dos Santos Kuhner Oliveira; Jeferson Ferreira da Fonseca; J. M. G. Souza-Fabjan; L. V. Esteves; Luiz Fernando Rodrigues Feres; Carla Aparecida Florentino Rodrigues; Rodolpho de Almeida Torres Filho; Juliana de Oliveira; Felipe Zandonadi Brandão

This study evaluated the effect of the protected fatty acid inclusion during estrus synchronization on reproductive parameters. Goats (n = 32) received progestagen sponges for 6 days and 200 IU equine chorionic gonadotropin and 30 µg d-cloprostenol were given on Day 5. No difference was found among control (C), 1% protected fatty acid inclusion (C + 1%) or 4% protected fatty acid inclusion (C + 4%) groups, respectively, in estrus (100.0, 100.0 or 90.9%), estrus duration (31.6 ± 12.3; 43.2 ± 12.9 or 40.8 ± 14.1 h), animals ovulating (100.0, 90.0 or 100.0%) or ovulation rate (1.3 ± 0.5; 1.1 ± 0.3 or 1.2 ± 0.4). The interval from sponge removal to ovulation and from estrus to ovulation, respectively, were shorter for C + 4% (45.2 ± 8.0 h; 18.3 ± 11.0 h) compared with C (56.3 ± 12.6 h; 30.6 ± 10.5 h) or C + 1% (57.7 ± 8.7 h; 30.3 ± 11.1 h). The average ovulatory follicle diameter was smaller for C + 4% (6.2 ± 0.7 mm) than C (7.5 ± 0.8 mm), but similar to C + 1% (7.0 ± 1.5 mm). Insulin, insulin-like growth factor 1, glucose and progesterone concentrations were similar among groups. The inclusion of protected fatty acid during synchronization treatment promoted no benefits on ovulation rate, but 4% anticipated the ovulation time.


Reproduction in Domestic Animals | 2012

Effect of short-term energy supplementation during estrus synchronization on circulating insulin and glucose concentrations and ovulation in Toggenburg goats

J. D. K. Oliveira; L. V. Esteves; Elyzabeth da Cruz Cardoso; Eunice Oba; J. Oliveira; L. A. Nogueira; J. F. Fonseca; Felipe Zandonadi Brandão

Univ Estadual Paulista, Dept Clin Surg & Anim Reprod, Fac Vet Med, UNESP, Sao Paulo, BrazilUNESP, Sch Vet Med & Anim Sci, Dept Anim Reprod, Lab Adv Reprod & Cell Therapy LAN A, Botucatu, SP, Brazil


Arquivo Brasileiro De Medicina Veterinaria E Zootecnia | 2013

Reproductive parameters of dairy goats submitted to estrus synchronization with prostaglandin F2α associated or not to hCG at estrous onset

L. V. Esteves; Felipe Zandonadi Brandão; R. C. Cruz; J. M. G. Souza; Eunice Oba; Olivardo Facó; J. F. Fonseca


Animal reproduction | 2015

Superovulation and non-surgical embryo recovery in Santa Inês ewes

F. N. Zambrini; José Domingos Guimarães; J. F. Prates; L. V. Esteves; J. M. G. Souza-Fabjan; Felipe Zandonadi Brandão; A. C. R. Castro; J. F. Fonseca


Archive | 2017

Estradiol route and non-surgical embryo recovery in synchronized Santa Inês ewes

J. F. da Fonseca; F. N. Zambrini; J. F. Prates; Leonardo Martins; A. C. R. Castro; L. V. Esteves; J. M. G. Souza-Fabjan; F. Z. Brandão; J.D. Guimarães


Animal reproduction | 2018

Effects of hCG administration on accessory corpus luteum formation and progesterone production in estrous-induced nulliparous Santa Inês ewes

J. F. da Fonseca; A. C. R. Castro; Eduardo Kenji Nunes Arashiro; M. E. F. Oliveira; F. N. Zambrini; L. V. Esteves; F. Z. Brandão; J. M. G. Souza-Fabjan


Archive | 2017

Comportamento estral, dinâmica ovulatória e descarga de muco cervical em cabras Toggenburg submetidas à indução de estro com diferentes gonadotrofinas.

J. F. da Fonseca; R. C. Cruz; A. B. Mancio; L. V. Esteves; F. Z. Brandão; Olivardo Facó

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F. Z. Brandão

Federal Fluminense University

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J. F. Fonseca

Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária

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J. M. G. Souza-Fabjan

Federal Fluminense University

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Jeferson Ferreira da Fonseca

Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária

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F. N. Zambrini

Universidade Federal de Viçosa

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J.D. Guimarães

Universidade Federal de Viçosa

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M. F. A. Balaro

Federal Fluminense University

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Marcio Roberto Silva

Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária

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