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Journal of Animal Science, Vol 77, Issue 10 2749-2756, Copyright © 1999 by American Society of Animal Science

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Effects of induced hypothyroidism on ovarian response to superovulation in Brahman (Bos indicus) cows

A. Bernal, G. V. DeMoraes, T. A. Thrift, C. C. Willard and R. D. Randel
Texas A&M University Agricultural Research and Extension Center, Overton 75684, USA.

To evaluate the effects of hypothyroidism on ovarian function, multiparous, nonlactating Brahman cows (n = 18) were assigned randomly to dietary treatments containing either 0 (C; n = 9) or 4 mg x kg BW(-1) x d(-1) 6-n-propyl-2-thiouracil (PTU; n = 9), to suppress thyroid function, in the feed concentrate. Weekly changes in BW and body condition score (BCS) were recorded. Dietary treatments began on d 10 of the estrous cycle. Ten days after the first treatment estrus, all cows received daily i.m. injections of 25 IU of porcine FSH over a 3-d period. Seven days after AI, embryos were collected nonsurgically, and the ovaries were removed via midflank laparotomy. Based on thyroxine (T4) concentrations after 49 d of treatment, five cows were hypothyroid (H-PTU) and four were partially suppressed (P-PTU). Cows in the PTU group had greater (P<.01) ADG, (P<.05) ovarian weights, and numbers of large (> or =8 mm) (P<.05) follicles. Cows in the PTU group had lower embryo recovery rate (P<.001), fertilization rate (P<.001), and percentage of blastocysts (P<.1) than C cows. The H-PTU cows had greater numbers of luteinized follicles (P<.06), greater concentrations of progesterone (P4) in the follicular fluid at all size categories (P<.1), and greater numbers of corpora lutea (P<.05) than C cows. The ratio of luteal to serum P4 on d 7 was greater (P<.05) in hypothyroid cows. Induced hypothyroidism improved weight gain and BCS, increased ovarian response to FSH, and affected ovulation, fertility, and P4 secretion in superovulated Brahman cows.


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