Effect of vulvomucosal injection of PGF2alpha at insemination on subsequent fertility and litter size in pigs under field conditions. 1998

F J Peña, and J C Domínguez, and B Alegre, and J Peláez
Department of Reproduction and Obstetrics, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of León, Campus de Vegazana, Spain. tel00183@globalnet.es

The aim of this study was to determine the effects of injecting 5 mg of PGF2alpha into the vulvar mucosa on the reproductive performance of sows maintained under field conditions. At an intensively managed piggery in northwest Spain, two experimental groups were formed randomly and observed throughout the year. The first group comprised sows receiving simultaneously, with every insemination, 5 mg of PGF2alpha injected into the vulvar lips. Group 2 sows received 1 ml of saline solution injected into the vulvar lips at insemination and served as the controls. The farrowing rates for each group were 78.46 and 54.39, while the litter sizes were 10.72 +/- 0.27 and 9.14 +/- 0.47 during the low fertility season (July-September). During the rest of the year (October-June), the farrowing rates were 83.91 and 80.93, while the litter sizes were 11.16 +/- 0.15 and 9.99 +/- 0.15. We conclude that injection of 5 mg of PGF2alpha into the vulvar lips at insemination is an effective method of compensating for the low fertility together with the decreased litter size of the summer months.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007315 Insemination, Artificial Artificial introduction of SEMEN or SPERMATOZOA into the VAGINA to facilitate FERTILIZATION. Artificial Insemination,Eutelegenesis,Artificial Inseminations,Eutelegeneses,Inseminations, Artificial
D008098 Litter Size The number of offspring produced at one birth by a viviparous animal. Litter Sizes,Size, Litter,Sizes, Litter
D008297 Male Males
D009092 Mucous Membrane An EPITHELIUM with MUCUS-secreting cells, such as GOBLET CELLS. It forms the lining of many body cavities, such as the DIGESTIVE TRACT, the RESPIRATORY TRACT, and the reproductive tract. Mucosa, rich in blood and lymph vessels, comprises an inner epithelium, a middle layer (lamina propria) of loose CONNECTIVE TISSUE, and an outer layer (muscularis mucosae) of SMOOTH MUSCLE CELLS that separates the mucosa from submucosa. Lamina Propria,Mucosa,Mucosal Tissue,Muscularis Mucosae,Mucous Membranes,Membrane, Mucous,Membranes, Mucous,Mucosae, Muscularis,Mucosal Tissues,Propria, Lamina,Tissue, Mucosal,Tissues, Mucosal
D011247 Pregnancy The status during which female mammals carry their developing young (EMBRYOS or FETUSES) in utero before birth, beginning from FERTILIZATION to BIRTH. Gestation,Pregnancies
D011897 Random Allocation A process involving chance used in therapeutic trials or other research endeavor for allocating experimental subjects, human or animal, between treatment and control groups, or among treatment groups. It may also apply to experiments on inanimate objects. Randomization,Allocation, Random
D004971 Estrus The period in the ESTROUS CYCLE associated with maximum sexual receptivity and fertility in non-primate female mammals.
D005260 Female Females
D005298 Fertility The capacity to conceive or to induce conception. It may refer to either the male or female. Fecundity,Below Replacement Fertility,Differential Fertility,Fecundability,Fertility Determinants,Fertility Incentives,Fertility Preferences,Fertility, Below Replacement,Marital Fertility,Natural Fertility,Subfecundity,World Fertility Survey,Determinant, Fertility,Determinants, Fertility,Fertility Determinant,Fertility Incentive,Fertility Preference,Fertility Survey, World,Fertility Surveys, World,Fertility, Differential,Fertility, Marital,Fertility, Natural,Preference, Fertility,Preferences, Fertility,Survey, World Fertility,Surveys, World Fertility,World Fertility Surveys
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

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