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Volume 23 (3):214-219, 2019.

Effect of dates (Phoenix dactylifera) supplement on puberty in heifers and association

with follicle stimulating hormone receptor gene genotypes.

 

Hasan Hadi Hammod1, Saad Akram Hatif 2,

 

College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Baghdad, Iraq.

ABSTRACT

 

Hammod HH, Hatif SA., Effect of dates (Phoenix dactylifera) supplement on puberty in heifers and association with follicle stimulating hormone receptor gene genotypes, Onl J Vet Res., 23 (3):214-219, 2019. Groups of 5 month old heifers were fed a diet with (n=10) or without 20% (n=5 controls) date (Phoenix dactylifera) supplement daily for ~10 months. Blood was taken at day 1 and genotypes/polymorphisms in follicle stimulating hormone receptor gene (FSHR) determined by PCR/electrophoresis. The heifers were monitored for puberty in presence of bulls for ~10 months. In heifers given date supplement, we recorded puberty at 7.8+1.5 months, but in non-supplement controls at 11.4+1.2 months (P < 0.008). Genotypes TT and GG at SNP rs43676359 and rs517582376 sites were investigated. In heifers given date supplement genotype/polymorphism AT was associated with early puberty.

 

Keywords: FSHR gene, dates fruit, heifers, puberty, raw data provided.

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