O objetivo foi avaliar o uso da eCG na ressincronização (RS) em vacas Nelore lactantes, conhecer a interação entre dose, presença ou não de cio, presença ou não do corpo lúteo (CL) e taxa de prenhez. Foram utilizadas 775 vacas na 1ª IATF e as vazias (449) foram ressincronizadas após 30 dias. Realizou-se exame ultrassongráfico (US) antes da primeira IATF e no momento da RS para observar a presença ou não do CL. No dia 0 (D0) foi inserido dispositivo intravaginal (DIV) com 1 g de progesterona e aplicação intramuscular (IM) de 2mg de Benzoato de Estradiol. No D8 o DIV foi retirado, aplicado IM 1mg de cipionato de estradiol e 0,53mg de cloprostenol sódico. No D8 o Grupo-0 (G0) não recebeu aplicação de eCG, o G200 recebeu 200 UI e o G300 300 UI. Foi observado cio entre a retirada do DIV e a IATF. Todas as vacas foram inseminadas 48 horas após a retirada do DIV. O US foi realizado 30 dias após a IATF. Os tratamentos não alteraram a ocorrência de prenhez nas que apresentaram cio. Nas vacas que não apresentaram cio, não existe houve diferença na ocorrência de prenhez entre o G200 e o G300, mas sim com o controle. A taxa acumulada de prenhez após 40 dias da estação de monta foi de 77,54%. A taxa acumulada de prenhez em 40 dias viabiliza a RS como uma forma de otimizar o manejo reprodutivo nas fazendas de corte.
The aim of this study was to compare testicle morpho-functional characteristics in bulls undergoing a single or two immunizations against GnRH. Nelore (Bos taurus indicus) bulls were randomly allocated into three experimental groups: G1 (n=12), a single 400 μg dose of anti-GnRH vaccine on day 0; G2 (n=11), a first 400 μg dose of anti-GnRH vaccine on day 0 followed by a second (boost) dose 30 days later; and control group (CG, n=12), 1 mL saline 0.9% at day 0. Every 30 days, from day 0 until slaughter at day 90, the bulls were weighed and underwent testicular biometry, semen collection and analysis, and blood sample collection for testosterone measurement. Immediately after slaughter, the testicles were removed and transport at 15°C to the laboratory for histopathological analysis. There was a decrease in testicular height (P=0.0476), width (P=0.0021), and in scrotal circumference (P=0.0001), after either a single (G1) or two (G2) immunizations against GnRH. Both G1 and G2 had lower testosterone concentrations than CG from day 60 on (P<0.01), but in G2, it was also lower than in G1 at day 90 (P=0.0006). All sperm parameters were affected by active immunization against GnRH (P<0.05), and in G2, averages were lesser (P<0.05) than in G1 from day 60 on. No signs of seminiferous tubule degeneration were found in any sample from the CG, contrasting with 75.0% and 100.0% of the samples from G1 and G2, respectively. In summary, immunocastration affected testicle morpho-functional characteristics in bulls in a time- and dose-dependent way.
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