Plasma concentrations of LH, prolactin, oestradiol and progesterone in female red deer (Cervus elaphus) during pregnancy

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Peripheral blood samples were collected throughout pregnancy from 11 red deer hinds. During the same period, 6 other hinds which mated but failed to produce calves were also sampled. Pretreatment of some of these hinds included synchronization of oestrus alone (N=3) or with injection of 1000 i.u. PMSG (N=9). During early and mid-pregnancy, LH and prolactin were frequently undetectable. Prolactin concentrations in pregnant and non-pregnant hinds were high (>250 ng/ml) in December-January. The results of the hormone analyses suggested that the amount of progesterone in plasma correlates with the number of corpora lutea (CL) present. The concentrations of oestradiol and progesterone were low from mid-winter onwards in the non-pregnant hinds, suggesting a reduction in ovarian activity at this time. In pregnant animals, progesterone concentrations were high for the first 200 days of gestation. Oestradiol rose to peak values concomitant with declining progesterone concentrations just before parturition.

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Kelly, R. W., McNatty, K. P., Moore, G. H., Ross, D., & Gibb, M. (1982). Plasma concentrations of LH, prolactin, oestradiol and progesterone in female red deer (Cervus elaphus) during pregnancy. Journal of Reproduction and Fertility, 64(2), 475–483. https://doi.org/10.1530/jrf.0.0640475

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