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Volume 25 (11):807-814, 2021.

Serum IGF-I, fatty acids, beta hydroxybutyrate  and glucose before and after parturition

in cows with endometritis and ovarian cysts.

 

MR Ahmadi1, A Kadivar1, HR Gheisari2

 

Department(s) 1Clinical Sciences, 2Epidemiology,  School of Veterinary Medicine, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran.

 

ABSTRACT

 

Ahmadi MR, Kadivar A, Gheisari HR., Serum IGF-I, fatty acids, beta hydroxybutyrate  and glucose before and after parturition in cows with endometritis and ovarian cysts, onl J Vet Res., 25 (11):807-816, 2021. We report serum IGF-I, non-esterified fatty acids [NEFA], beta hydroxybutyrate [BHB] and glucose concentrations in dairy cows with endometritis puerperalis and cystic ovarian disease.  We trialed 87 lactating Holstein cows with 1 to 7 parities at 9th month pregnancy. Controls were cows without disease. Blood was taken 2 weeks before, and 2, 4 and 6 weeks after calving. Cows were palpated 2, 4 and 6 weeks after calving, examined for discharges and intra-vaginally. In pregnant cows, ultrasonography of uterus, ovaries, corpus luteum and cysts were done. In cows with endometritis, after partus we observed 67-78% declines in serum IGF, 28% fatty acid and 32-43%% in glucose (P < 0.05) with calving delayed 22 days and ovulation 6 days. In cows with cysts IGF was ~14% lower and BHB ~17% higher (P < 0.05). Partus was associated with declines of 59 to 78% in serum IGF and glucose 46% (P < 0.05). Results suggest that higher IGF-I before partus may inhibit formation of ovarian cysts and endometritis after partus in dairy cattle.

 

Key words: Insulin-like growth factor-I; Endometritis, Ovarian cyst; Prepartum; Holstein-Friesian, dairy cows.

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