Development of a programmable piggyback syringe pump and four-times-a-day injection regimen for superovulation in non-lactating Holstein cows

J Reprod Dev. 2015;61(5):485-8. doi: 10.1262/jrd.2015-047. Epub 2015 Jun 7.

Abstract

The objectives of the present study were to develop a programmable piggyback syringe pump for bovine superovulation and to evaluate the effects of a four-times-a-day injection regimen using the pump. Non-lactating Holstein cows were treated with a total of 30 armour units of porcine FSH by injection four times a day with the pump (study, n = 9) or injection twice a day manually (control, n = 9) for four consecutive days from D10 of the estrous cycle. The pump-driven program successfully induced superovulation in all cows tested. The numbers of small (3- < 5 mm in diameter) and large (≥ 10 mm in diameter) follicles were greater in the study group on D11-13 and D14, respectively. There were fewer unovulated follicles detected on D21 (7 days after estrus) in the study group than in the control group (1.2 ± 0.4 and 3.2 ± 0.6, respectively).

Publication types

  • Evaluation Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Animals, Inbred Strains
  • Back
  • Cattle
  • Corpus Luteum / cytology
  • Corpus Luteum / diagnostic imaging
  • Corpus Luteum / drug effects*
  • Dairying
  • Drug Administration Schedule / veterinary
  • Estrus Synchronization / drug effects
  • Female
  • Fertility Agents, Female / administration & dosage*
  • Follicle Stimulating Hormone / administration & dosage*
  • Infusion Pumps / veterinary*
  • Injections, Intramuscular
  • Kinetics
  • Organ Size
  • Ovarian Follicle / cytology
  • Ovarian Follicle / diagnostic imaging
  • Ovarian Follicle / drug effects*
  • Progesterone / blood
  • Random Allocation
  • Superovulation / blood
  • Superovulation / drug effects*
  • Sus scrofa
  • Ultrasonography

Substances

  • Fertility Agents, Female
  • Progesterone
  • Follicle Stimulating Hormone