Biochemical Attributes of Amniotic Fluid during Fetal Growth Stage of Successful Pregnancy in Rabbits

Khan, Hamayun; Wahab, Abdul; Kazi, Navaid; Muhammad, Younas; Kazi, Summaya; Kazi, Salman Ahmed Farsi; Khan, Azmatullah; Khan, Ikramullah; Ahmad, Shakoor

doi:10.17582/journal.pjz/2018.50.4.1307.1312

PJZ

2018

DOI: 10.17582/journal.pjz/2018.50.4.1307.1312

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Biochemical Attributes of Amniotic Fluid during Fetal Growth Stage of Successful Pregnancy in Rabbits

Hamayun Khan¹,

Abdul Wahab²,

Navaid Kazi³

et al.

Abstract: Authors' Contribution HK conceived the idea of the research and wrote the manuscript. AW carried out the experimental work and YM, Summaya K and Salman K helped hiim. AK and IK helped in the execution of the experiments. SA and NK analysed of the data statically.

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Melatonin administration during the first half of pregnancy improves physiological response and reproductive performance of rabbits under heat stress conditions

Hashem,

Abdelnaby,

Madkour

et al. 2024

Reprod. Fertil. Dev.

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Context Melatonin may have a heat-stress-alleviating role during pregnancy. Aims To investigate the effects of melatonin administration during the first half of pregnancy on heat-tolerance capacity and pregnancy outputs of naturally heat-stressed rabbits. Methods Forty female rabbits were stratified equally into two experimental groups and daily received 1 mg melatonin/kg body weight or not (control) for 15 consecutive days post-insemination. Heat tolerance indices, hormone profile, ovarian structures, and fetal loss were determined. Key results Treatment with melatonin significantly decreased respiration rate and rectal temperature, improved concentrations of nitric oxide, and tended to decrease malondialdehyde concentrations (P = 0.064) compared to control. Melatonin treatment significantly increased concentrations of high-density lipoprotein, oestradiol, and progesterone compared to control. No significant differences in the numbers of visible ovarian follicles, corpora lutea, and total implantation sites on day 18 of pregnancy were observed between experimental groups. However, melatonin treatment significantly reduced the number of absorbed implantation sites and significantly improved amniotic fluid volume and conception rate compared to control. Conclusions Melatonin administration during the first half of pregnancy can improve reproductive performance of heat-stressed female rabbits. Implications Melatonin can improve fetal survivability via improving heat-tolerance capacity of does and steroidogenesis.

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Melatonin administration during the first half of pregnancy improves physiological response and reproductive performance of rabbits under heat stress conditions

Hashem,

Abdelnaby,

Madkour

et al. 2024

Reprod. Fertil. Dev.

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Biochemical Attributes of Amniotic Fluid during Fetal Growth Stage of Successful Pregnancy in Rabbits

Abstract: Authors' Contribution HK conceived the idea of the research and wrote the manuscript. AW carried out the experimental work and YM, Summaya K and Salman K helped hiim. AK and IK helped in the execution of the experiments. SA and NK analysed of the data statically.

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References 14 publications

Melatonin administration during the first half of pregnancy improves physiological response and reproductive performance of rabbits under heat stress conditions

Melatonin administration during the first half of pregnancy improves physiological response and reproductive performance of rabbits under heat stress conditions

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