Variations in thyroidal activity during estrous cycle and natural breeding season in Markhoz goat breeds. 2009

M A Zarei, and A Farshad, and S Akhondzadeh
Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Basic Sciences, University of Kurdistan, Sanandaj, Kurdistan, Islamic Republic of Iran.

The aim of this study was to determine the profile of changes in T3, T4 and TSH levels during breeding season and estrous cycle in Markhoz (Angora) Goats. Whereas the peaks of T3 were recorded in January, concentrations of T4 and TSH were highest in October. Variations in T3 and TSH concentrations among the different months of experiments period were not significant, although T4 concentration was significantly higher during September, October and November in comparison to December and January. Weekly variations in serum T4 and TSH concentrations were directly correlated to the changes in photoperiod and temperature. Monthly variation in serum T3 and TSH did not have a significant (p>0.05) relationship with the changes in photoperiod and temperature, but there was a highly significant positive relationship between serum T4 and temperature. This study showed that T4 concentration was high in the early phase but decreased in the late phase of the breeding season, but T3 and TSH concentrations varied markedly from week to week. However, it appears that weekly rhythms are controlled by photoperiod and temperature because, changes in these factors resulted in different profiles of both T4 and TSH, but there was not any correlation between T3 and those factors.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007492 Iran A country bordering the Gulf of Oman, the Persian Gulf, and the Caspian Sea, between Iraq and Pakistan. The capital is Tehran. Islamic Republic of Iran
D008297 Male Males
D001947 Breeding The production of offspring by selective mating or HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC in animals or plants. Breedings
D004971 Estrus The period in the ESTROUS CYCLE associated with maximum sexual receptivity and fertility in non-primate female mammals.
D005260 Female Females
D006041 Goats Any of numerous agile, hollow-horned RUMINANTS of the genus Capra, in the family Bovidae, closely related to the SHEEP. Capra,Capras,Goat
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D013696 Temperature The property of objects that determines the direction of heat flow when they are placed in direct thermal contact. The temperature is the energy of microscopic motions (vibrational and translational) of the particles of atoms. Temperatures
D013961 Thyroid Gland A highly vascularized endocrine gland consisting of two lobes joined by a thin band of tissue with one lobe on each side of the TRACHEA. It secretes THYROID HORMONES from the follicular cells and CALCITONIN from the parafollicular cells thereby regulating METABOLISM and CALCIUM level in blood, respectively. Thyroid,Gland, Thyroid,Glands, Thyroid,Thyroid Glands,Thyroids
D013972 Thyrotropin A glycoprotein hormone secreted by the adenohypophysis (PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR). Thyrotropin stimulates THYROID GLAND by increasing the iodide transport, synthesis and release of thyroid hormones (THYROXINE and TRIIODOTHYRONINE). Thyrotropin consists of two noncovalently linked subunits, alpha and beta. Within a species, the alpha subunit is common in the pituitary glycoprotein hormones (TSH; LUTEINIZING HORMONE and FSH), but the beta subunit is unique and confers its biological specificity. Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone,TSH (Thyroid Stimulating Hormone),Thyreotropin,Thyrotrophin,Hormone, Thyroid-Stimulating,Thyroid Stimulating Hormone

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