Texas A&M AgriLife Research, Overton, TX 75684, United States; Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, United States.
Texas A&M AgriLife Research, Overton, TX 75684, United States.
Anim Reprod Sci. 2022 Aug;243:107016. doi: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2022.107016. Epub 2022 Jun 8.
As prenatal transportation stress altered behavior and adrenal glucocorticoid secretion of calves, we hypothesized that prenatal transportation stress would decrease ovarian reserve size and negatively impact female offspring fertility. The impact of prenatal transportation stress on ovarian follicle numbers in female offspring for three generations was studied. Brahman cows were transported for 2 h on day 60 ± 5, 80 ± 5, 100 ± 5, 120 ± 5, and 140 ± 5 of gestation. Ovaries were collected from offspring of transported or non-transported dams at multiple ages. Primordial, primary, secondary, and antral follicles were histologically analyzed. Antral follicle numbers were determined by ultrasound in a subset of offspring. Numbers of primordial, primary, secondary, and antral follicles were analyzed using the MIXED procedure, while the CORR procedure of SAS was used to determine the correlation between follicles observed by ultrasonography and histology. There were no differences (P > 0.05) in the number of primordial, primary, secondary, antral, or total follicles observed histologically due to treatment. Younger females had significantly greater numbers of follicles than older females (P < 0.0001). Antral follicles tended to be correlated with total histological ovarian follicles (P = 0.10). There was no difference in the number of antral follicles observed at ultrasound due to treatment (P = 0.3147), or generation (P = 0.6005) when controlling for age at observation. These results show that short-term transportation stress during early- to mid-gestation did not impact fertility as measured by ovarian follicle numbers in female Brahman offspring for three generations.
由于产前运输应激改变了小牛的行为和肾上腺糖皮质激素分泌,我们假设产前运输应激会减少卵巢储备大小,并对雌性后代的生育能力产生负面影响。研究了产前运输应激对雌性后代三代卵巢卵泡数量的影响。在妊娠第 60 ± 5、80 ± 5、100 ± 5、120 ± 5 和 140 ± 5 天,将婆罗门奶牛运输 2 小时。从运输或未运输的母羊的后代中收集卵巢,并在多个年龄段进行分析。对原始卵泡、初级卵泡、次级卵泡和腔前卵泡进行组织学分析。通过超声在一部分后代中确定腔前卵泡数量。使用 MIXED 程序分析原始卵泡、初级卵泡、次级卵泡和腔前卵泡的数量,而使用 SAS 的 CORR 程序确定超声和组织学观察到的卵泡之间的相关性。由于处理,组织学观察到的原始卵泡、初级卵泡、次级卵泡、腔前卵泡或总卵泡数量没有差异(P > 0.05)。年轻雌性的卵泡数量明显多于年长雌性(P < 0.0001)。腔前卵泡与总组织学卵巢卵泡呈正相关(P = 0.10)。在控制观察时的年龄的情况下,由于处理(P = 0.3147)或代(P = 0.6005),超声观察到的腔前卵泡数量没有差异。这些结果表明,妊娠中期早期的短期运输应激不会影响雌性婆罗门后代三代的卵巢卵泡数量所衡量的生育能力。