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Function of the Corpus Luteum in the Ewe following Relocation of the Uterus or Embryo^1,2,

University of Illinois, Urbana

Abstract

When embryos were transferred to the uterine horn either ipsilateral or contralateral to the CL or into one uterine horn in ewes with a CL on both ovaries there was no evidence of a local unilateral relationship between the uterus and the ovaries. When the uterus was completely autotransplanted to the omentum, ewes continued to show estrus regularly demonstrating that direct local nervous and vascular connections between the uterus and ovary are not necessary for regression of the CL. Embryos transferred to the transplanted uterus did not survive.

¹ Department of Animal Science.

² This work was supported in part by Public Health Service Research Grant HD01987 from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.

³ National Institutes of Health Predoctoral Fellow. Present address: Reproductive Endocrinology Program, Department of Pathology, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

⁴ Present address: Department of Animal Science, University of Wyoming, Laramie.