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J. Anim. Sci. 2003. 81:279-284
© 2003 American Society of Animal Science

Effects of prolactin administered to a perfused area of the skin of Angora goats1,2

R. Puchala3, S. G. Pierzynowski4, T. Wuliji, A. L. Goetsch, S. A. Soto-Navarro and T. Sahlu

E. (Kika) de la Garza Institute for Goat Research, Langston University, Langston, OK 73050

3 Correspondence:
P.O. Box 730 (phone: 405-466-3836; fax: 405-466-3138; E-mail:
rpuchala{at}luresext.edu).

It is suspected that prolactin may affect mohair growth; therefore, effects of infusing prolactin on mohair growth were investigated using a skin perfusion technique. Seven Angora wethers (average body weight, 30 ± 3 kg) were implanted bilaterally with silicon catheters into the superficial branches of the deep circumflex iliac artery and vein. For the first 14 d of the experiment, animals were infused (2.4 mL/h) with prolactin (one side) or control (other side) into the deep circumflex iliac arteries. The infusion rate of prolactin was 2.21 mg/d and was calculated to triple prolactin blood concentration in the perfused region. The area of skin supplied by the deep circumflex iliac artery was approximately 240 cm2. Two weeks after the cessation of infusions, 100-cm2 areas within the perfused regions were shorn to determine mohair growth. Greasy and clean mohair production was decreased (P < 0.05) by prolactin compared with control (3.79 vs 4.62 and 3.02 vs 3.67 g/[100 cm2 x 28 d], respectively). Oxygen saturation in blood hemoglobin from the deep circumflex iliac veins was greater (P < 0.02) on the side infused with prolactin than on the control side (75.1 vs 68.2%). Higher concentrations of methionine, lysine, valine, isoleucine, and leucine were observed in blood of the deep circumflex iliac vein on the side infused with prolactin vs that infused with control (P < 0.05). In conclusion, direct skin infusion with prolactin decreased mohair fiber synthesis by the skin and may have concomitantly lessened oxygen consumption. Thus, effects of increasing prolactin concentration approximately two-fold in the skin on mohair fiber growth may not be limited to simple competition for nutrients between skin and other tissues such as the mammary gland.

Key Words: Angora • Goats • Mohair • Prolactin




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