Serum profiles of LH, FSH and prolactin from 10 weeks of age until puberty in gilts

Journal of Animal Science
M A DiekmanL L Anderson

Abstract

To characterize the secretory patterns of luteinizing hormone (LH), follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) and prolactin (PRL) during prepubertal development of the gilt, blood samples were collected at 20-min intervals for 4 h once a week from four littermate gilts 10 to 18 wk of age and from another group of four littermate gilts 19 to 25 wk of age. Puberty occurred in the latter group during wk 25. Serum concentrations of LH, FSH and PRL were averaged for each 4-h sampling period within each gilt, and any single value greater than one standard deviation above the mean for that period was identified as a secretory spike. Mean LH was greater at 16 wk of age than during wk 11, 12 and 13, and serum LH levels were higher at 25 than 22 wk of age. Frequency and magnitude of LH spikes were greatest at 16 wk in the group of gilts 10 to 18 wk of age, but magnitude of LH spikes did not change from 19 to 25 wk. The frequency of FSH secretory spikes did not change in gilts from 10 to 25 wk of age. No changes in mean serum concentrations of PRL, frequency of PRL spikes and magnitude of PRL spikes were observed during prepubertal development. Spikes of FSH and PRL occurred with more than random synchrony throughout the study. Spikes of LH and ...Continue Reading

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