Superovulatory response and embryonic progressive in Iranian Qezel ewes treated with two different concentrations of bovine somatotropin

• Main Authors: Amir Hossein Asgari Safdar, Ali Asghar Sadeghi
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2016-05-01
• Series: Asian Pacific Journal of Reproduction
• Subjects: Insulin-like growth factor 1; Embryo transfer; Bovine somatotropin; Insulin; Qezel ewes
• Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2305050016300586

Objective: This study was conducted in order to the administration of 50 and 100 mg of bovine somatotropin (bST) at the beginning of the estrus synchronization and natural mating of the sheep to evaluate the improvement of the ovulation rate, embryonic development and pregnancy rate of the transferred embryos. Methods: Forty eight donors were treated with three different types of treatment; Group A: treated with bST-100 (n = 15), received 100 mg of bST at the beginning of the synchronization and natural mating, Group B: treated with 50 mg of bST (n = 15) same as the previous group and control (n = 18) did not receive any type of bST. Each recipient received two embryos, (n = 108): 30 recipients received the embryos from bST-100s, 45 recipients received the embryos from bST-50 and 33 recipients received embryos from the control group. Using SAS related GENMOD method, rate of superovulatory, recovered structure percentage, cleavage rate, transferable embryo percentage, quality of embryos, rates of pregnancy and embryonic development were analyzed. Using GLM procedure, numbers of corpus luteum and blastocyst cells were analyzed. Results: The bST administration had no significant effect on rate of superovulatory, number of CL and recovered structures (P ≥ 0.05). Number of transferable embryos and embryos that had access to the blastocyst in bST-50 (P ≤ 0.01) was more than bST-100 and control group. Conclusions: The treatment 50 mg bovine somatotropins enhance the ratio and growth of the transferable embryos. Embryos of bST-50 treatment indicated an improved embryonic development but bST did not affect the pregnancy rates of transferred embryos.