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The uterine and umbilical vessels of 12 pregnant ponies were catheterised to study foetal metabolism. The effects of this procedure on maternal and foetal cardiovascular, respiratory, metabolic and adrenocortical activity were monitored during and after surgery. Premedication with acepromazine-butorphanol-detomidine was followed by induction of anaesthesia with detomidine and ketamine and maintenance, using mechanical ventilation, with halothane in oxygen and nitrous oxide. Mean maternal arterial blood pressure was greater than 70 mmHg during anaesthesia and arterial oxygen tension remained over 100 mmHg. The foetuses were adequately oxygenated but were hypercapnic and lactic acidaemic. Most maternal and foetal blood gases and metabolites had returned to normal by 24 h, although foetal plasma lactate fell more slowly. The maternal adrenocortical discharge was less severe than reported previously and plasma cortisol had fallen to basal levels by 48 h after surgery. Foetal plasma cortisol remained low and did not change during or after surgery. Arterio-venous metabolite and gas tension differences across the uterine and umbilical circulations were slightly greater at operation than in the recovery period, suggesting that uteroplacental perfusion may have been impaired during surgery. Post-operative recovery of the mare and foetus was satisfactory and subsequent problems associated with the foetal catheters were not related to the anaesthesia or surgery.  相似文献   

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Maternal plasma progestagen concentrations increase about 20 days before parturition. The major contributors to the increase are reduced metabolites (ie 5 alpha-pregnanes). Precocious increases (ie less than 310 days of gestation) in these metabolites may occur in abnormal pregnancies. The effects of CRH, ACTH or betamethasone administered to the foetus at gestational ages ranging from about 250 to 320 days were examined. Sixteen healthy pony mares were used for foetal injection employing aseptic techniques. Water or normal saline were used as controls. Maternal plasma progestagen concentrations were measured using a commercial radioimmunoassay (RIA) progesterone kit and results were confirmed using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). Results demonstrated clearly that an increase in maternal plasma progestagen concentrations occurred after injection of ACTH, CRH or betamethasone to the foetus, irrespective of gestational age. A comparable increase was not observed in the control animals. Of the 16 mares in which the foetus was injected, 13 produced viable foals at gestational ages ranging from 307 to 339 days whereas 3 mares delivered non-viable foals at 284 to 306 days gestation. The results support the hypothesis that the pre-parturient rise in progestagens occurring in the mare is the result of foetal adrenocortical activity.  相似文献   

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本试验采用终点法检测血浆中Ca2+浓度变化,分别采用免疫组织化学SP法及荧光定量PCR法检测奶牛胎儿胎盘eNOS蛋白及其mRNA的表达。通过对血浆中Ca2+浓度的检测及胎儿胎盘内皮型一氧化氮合酶(eNOS)表达量的研究,探讨奶牛胎衣不下的发生与这些物质变化的关系。结果表明,胎衣不下组奶牛血浆中Ca2+浓度在分娩前后均低于正常组;两组eNOS蛋白均在胎盘绒毛滋养层细胞和内皮细胞胞浆内表达,蛋白的表达量差异显著(P0.05);两组胎儿胎盘eNOS mRNA表达量差异显著(P0.05)。本研究证明分娩前后血浆中Ca2+水平对奶牛胎衣不下的发生有重要的调节作用,低浓度的Ca2+容易导致子宫收缩无力,同时影响eNOS在胎儿胎盘绒毛中的表达。  相似文献   

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The levels of oestrone sulphate in plasma of pregnant cows was followed from 30 days of pregnancy until parturition. The Swedish Jersey Breed (SJB) showed significantly lower levels of oestrone sulphate between 101 and 200 days of pregnancy than either the Swedish Red and White (SRB) or the Swedish Lowland Breed (SLB). No significant difference was noted between SRB and SLB. On days 141-160 of gestation the oestrone sulphate values were still below the 10 nmol/l level for the SJB while they were above this level for the SRB and the SLB, and the difference was significant. In the SJB, levels above 10 nmol/l were reached on days 161-180 of gestation. In the second part of this study the levels of oestrone sulphate were measured around parturition in SRB cows. At parturition, the levels of oestrone sulphate rose to peak values of 79.9 +/- 5.2 nmol/l and then decreased to 6.6 +/- 0.5 nmol/l on the day after calving. In one cow peak values of 66.0 nmol/l were reached 2 days prior to parturition, and subsequently dropped to 7.0 nmol/l at parturition. This cow had retained foetal membranes. A possible relationship between low oestrone sulphate levels prior to parturition and retained foetal membranes is discussed.  相似文献   

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A comparison of the distribution and metabolism of intravenous and intra-cerebroventricular ketamine hydrochloride in sheep showed that following intravenous administration there was a rapid biexponential decline in plasma ketamine, metabolism was rapid and both the demethylation and subsequent oxidation metabolites were detected. In the urine the second metabolite appeared to be the major one together with a third unidentified metabolite. In the CSF both ketamine and the first metabolite appeared to follow the plasma concentrations, but the entry of the second metabolite seemed to show a much slower pattern. Following injection of ketamine into the lateral cerebral ventricles the levels of ketamine in the CSF declined rapidly and the plasma concentration of ketamine showed a similar pattern to that seen following intravenous injection, indicating a rapid transfer to the blood. The levels of the metabolites found in the CSF suggest that their production does not take place in the CSF and that they penetrate back from the plasma. The findings of rapid metabolism following both routes of injection suggests that metabolism plays a major part in the termination of the effects of ketamine in the sheep, and that plasma levels of ketamine are of more importance than CSF levels in the maintenance of anaesthesia.  相似文献   

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Plasma concentrations of PAG‐1 are used for pregnancy diagnosis and as a marker of placental/foetal well‐being, while those of PAG‐2 may be an indicator of abortion risk in Neospora caninum‐infected cows. Studies have shown that N. caninum infection modifies PAG‐1 and PAG‐2 patterns in maternal blood plasma. However, no prior work has examined the effects of N. caninum infection on concentrations of PAGs in foetal fluids. In this study, PAG‐1, PAG‐2 and pH levels were determined in the amniotic and allantoic fluids of foetuses collected at 152 days of gestation from control uninfected dams and from dams experimentally infected with N. caninum on Day 110 of gestation. Foetal fluids from infected foetuses had significantly higher PAG‐2 concentrations (p = 0.026) and pH values (p = 0.02) than fluids from non‐infected foetuses. In infected foetuses, significantly higher concentrations of PAG‐1 (p < 0.001) and PAG‐2 (p < 0.001) were detected in fluid samples showing antibodies against N. caninum than those without antibodies. Moreover, pH values were significantly higher (p = 0.011) in foetal fluid samples with antibodies than in samples from non‐infected foetuses. In conclusion, this is the first report on the effect of N. caninum infection on PAG levels in foetal fluids. Our results indicate that following the experimental infection of dams with N. caninum on Day 110 of gestation, foetal fluids collected from the infected foetuses of these dams featured higher PAG‐1 and PAG‐2 levels and pH values than fluids from non‐infected controls, provided that the samples tested showed the presence of antibodies. The clinical implications of these findings are that following infection with N. caninum, most cows will experience some level of placental damage and that this injury correlates with foetal fluid PAG levels and pH.  相似文献   

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The somatotrophic and thyrotrophic cells were originally developed in the adenohypophysis from undifferentiated chromophobic cells at the foetal age of 4-8 weeks. The follicle-stimulating hormone cells appeared at a foetal age of 24-28 weeks. Prolactin and luteinizing hormone cells were first seen at of foetal age levels of 32-36 and 40 weeks. The germinal epithelium of flattened and cuboidal cells in the ovary was changed to cubical and columnar types, 24-28 weeks of foetal age. The sex cords appeared at 8-12 weeks of foetal age. The primary and secondary follicles were observed at 8-12 and 20-24 weeks of foetal age, respectively. Follicular cavity was noticed at 32-36 weeks, while large follicles encapsulated by follicular sheath were seen in the 40th week of foetal age. Some ovarian follicles degenerated during or after their development. Surface epithelium in the uterus changed from cubical to columnar type at 8-12 weeks of foetal age. The endometrium was clearly distinguished from the myometrium at 16-20 weeks of foetal age. The uterine glands appeared at 16-20 weeks as short and straight tubular glands, and they began to branch in the 40th week of foetal age.  相似文献   

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基于非靶向代谢组学技术,分析腹腔注射苦参碱前后昆明小鼠粪便和血浆代谢物的差异,并通过与此前16S rDNA测序结果联合分析探究苦参碱发挥药理作用的可能机理。将20只昆明小鼠随机分为2组,分别是苦参碱处理组(MT)和生理盐水处理组(NC)。苦参碱处理组每天腹腔注射40 mg·kg-1的苦参碱,连续给药5 d,每天给药2次。生理盐水处理组按照同样方式和体积腹腔注射生理盐水。给药第6天,分别收集各组小鼠的粪便和血浆,进行非靶向代谢组学检测,并与苦参碱处理组肠道菌群的16S rDNA测序结果进行联合分析。苦参碱处理组的粪便及血浆中均存在显著差异代谢物,粪便中共鉴定出97种,血浆中有44种。聚类分析显示,粪便中苦参碱组有35种代谢物上调,104种代谢物下调;血浆中苦参碱组有20种代谢物上调,35种代谢物下调。KEGG通路分析显示粪便及血浆差异代谢物被映射到Protein digestion and absorption等代谢途径。与16S rDNA测序分析得到的显著差异菌种嗜酸乳杆菌关联分析,结果表明粪便及血浆代谢物与嗜酸乳杆菌存在相关性。苦参碱可调节昆明小鼠的体内代谢,在粪便和血浆中均存在显著差异代谢物。这些差异代谢物及与菌群之间的互作可能是其发挥药理作用的关键。  相似文献   

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The factors influencing beta cell function in the foetal and neonatal foal have been investigated in chronically catheterised foetal foals and in newborn foals delivered either spontaneously at term or by induction at different gestational ages. Insulin was detected in the foetal plasma from as early as 150 days of gestation (term = 340 days) and during the last third of gestation the foetal beta cells responded to exogenous administration of glucose and arginine and to endogenous variations in the glucose level. Insulin secretion by the foetal beta cells was depressed by anaesthesia and surgery. At birth, there was a significant positive correlation between the plasma concentrations of insulin and glucose irrespective of the maturity at birth or type of delivery (r = 0.86, n = 39, P less than 0.01). The slope of this relationship was significantly less than that relating the postoperative foetal concentration but only when delivery was difficult or prolonged was the beta cell sensitivity to glucose completely abolished. At birth, there were no significant differences in the plasma concentrations of insulin or glucose between full term foals delivered spontaneously or by induction. However, the spontaneously delivered foals showed a transient increase in the insulin concentration 15 mins after birth which was not observed in the full term foals delivered by induction. Plasma glucose concentrations were maintained during the 2 h after birth in the absence of sucking in both the induced and the spontaneously delivered full term foals. Premature foals had significantly lower plasma glucose concentrations at birth than full term foals.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)  相似文献   

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The relationship between the metabolism of androsterone and skatole, the major compounds responsible for boar taint, was investigated in F4 Swedish Yorkshire x European Wild Pig intact males. The metabolism of androstenone and skatole were studied in liver microsomes, and the testicular steroid production was measured in testes microsomes. Including androstenone in the assays of skatole metabolism reduced the formation of 6-hydroxyskatole (pro-MII), and three other skatole metabolites (P<.05). The formation of three additional metabolites was not affected. Liver microsomal incubations of androstenone produced two metabolites, I and II. The rate of the formation of metabolite I and the rate of androstenone metabolism were correlated with the rate of skatole metabolism. Liver metabolism of androstenone was not related to levels of androstenone in fat. Testicular synthesis of 16-androstene steroids was correlated with combined synthesis of estrogens and androgens, plasma levels of androstenone, levels of skatole in fat, and skatole metabolism in the liver (P<.05). Plasma levels of estrone sulfate were correlated with levels of skatole in fat and with androstenone levels in fat and plasma and were negatively correlated with synthesis of skatole metabolite F-1 and pro-MII sulfation. These results indicate that the liver metabolism of androstenone and skatole are related. However, it is likely that the relationship between levels of androstenone and skatole in fat is due more to a link between the testicular synthesis of androstenone rather than to the metabolism of androstenone and skatole in the liver. Sex steroids may affect this relationship because of their biosynthesis along with androstenone and possible inhibition of skatole metabolism in the liver.  相似文献   

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We investigated the influence of supplemental l -carnitine on foetal blood metabolites, litter characteristics, l -carnitine concentration in skeletal muscle and insulin-like growth factor (IGF) axis components in foetal hepatic and skeletal muscle tissues at day 40, 55 and 70 of gestating gilts. A total of 59 gilts (body weight = 137.7 kg) received a constant feed allowance of 1.75 kg/day and a top-dress containing either 0 or 50 ppm of l -carnitine starting on the first day of breeding through the allotted gestation length. Foetuses from the gilts fed diets with l -carnitine tended to be heavier (p = 0.06) and the circulating IGF-II tended to be lower (p = 0.09) at day 70, compared with the foetuses from the control gilts. Insulin-like growth factor-I messenger RNA (mRNA) was lower (p = 0.05) in hepatic tissue in the foetuses collected from gilts fed l -carnitine. Free and total carnitine concentration increased (p < 0.05) in the skeletal muscle from the foetuses collected from gilts fed supplemental l -carnitine. This study showed that l -carnitine had beneficial effects on the average foetal weight at day 70 of gestation, associated with changes in the foetal IGF system.  相似文献   

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Accurate diagnosis of foetal sex in pregnant mare is helpful for many breeders, both for private or commercial purposes. In this study, in order to pre-natal foetal sexing in equine, we used TaqMan duplex real-time PCR to detect the specific regions of SRY and TSPY genes on extracted cell-free foetal DNA from maternal blood. Peripheral blood samples from 50 pregnant Arabian mares with singleton foetuses were collected. Cell-free foetal DNA was extracted from maternal plasma, and duplex real-time PCR assays were performed with TaqMan probes and primers. Amplification of glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) gene was used as control of DNA extraction procedure. From the 50 sampled mares, 28 cases had female and 22 mares had male foetuses. The final results for 46 samples were conclusive, and from them, 43 cases were predicted correctly. Sensitivity, specificity and accuracy of the test were 90.48%, 96% and 93.48%, respectively. In conclusion, a TaqMan duplex real-time PCR was set up to pre-natal detection of foetal sex in equine. The method was fast and decreased the false-positive and false-negative results. The technique can be used as a routine procedure in farms by collecting only a blood sample.  相似文献   

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This review describes the importance of different hormones (oestrogens, progesterone, prostaglandins and glucocorticoids) for the loosening process of the foetal membranes in cattle. Hormone concentrations, measured ante partum and at the time of parturition are discussed. In the literature conflicting results can be found. Foetal membrane retention seems to coincide with increased plasma progesterone and decreased plasma oestrogen and PGF2 alpha concentrations. Possible effects of particular hormones on loosening of the placenta are discussed. It can be concluded that these hormones do have a considerable influence on the foetal membranes. However, to clarify their definite role for retention of the placenta further investigations are needed.  相似文献   

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The aim of this study was to investigate the potential role of foetal androgens in determining the sexual dimorphism in LH gene expression. Starting on day 30 p.c. pregnant sows were treated i.m. with testosterone propionate (TP) three times at 2-day intervals (TP30 treatment) or received additional TP treatment starting on day 40 p.c. (TP30/40). Sows were allowed to farrow and after frequent blood samples for LH determination were collected prepubertally (6 months) from the female offspring anterior pituitary LHbeta subunit mRNA levels were determined. In Experiment 2 pregnant sows were treated as TP30 before or received similar treatment starting on day 40 p.c. (TP40), but anterior pituitary LHbeta mRNA and plasma LH concentrations were determined at day 80 p.c. TP30 or TP30/40 treatment did not affect mean plasma LH concentrations nor LHbeta mRNA levels at 6 months of age but caused marked masculinization of external genitalia. At day 80 p.c. LHbeta mRNA and plasma LH levels were higher in female than in male foetuses. TP40 treatment suppressed LHbeta mRNA and plasma LH levels while TP30 treatment had no effect on LHbeta mRNA levels but caused masculinization of external genitalia in contrast to TP40. Our findings support the notion that the peak in plasma testosterone observed by others in the male pig foetus 5 weeks p.c. not only determines sexual differentiation of the LH surge mechanism but also LH gene expression in the foetus. The critical period for this process seems to succeed phenotypic differentiation (which appears to be largely completed before day 40 p.c.). The tonic mode of prepubertal LH gene expression and LH secretion in female pigs is not affected greatly by testosterone treatment at the stages of development that were investigated.  相似文献   

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Vitamin E deficiencies can impact normal growth and development in humans and animals, and assessment of circulating levels of vitamin E and its metabolites may be an important endpoint for evaluation. Development of a sensitive method to detect and quantify low concentrations of vitamin E and metabolites in biological specimens allows for a proper diagnosis for patients and animals that are deficient. We developed a method to simultaneously extract, detect, and quantify the vitamin E compounds alpha-tocopherol (α-TP), gamma-tocopherol (γ-TP), alpha-tocotrienol (α-TT), and gamma-tocotrienol (γ-TT), and the corresponding metabolites formed after β-oxidation of α-TP and γ-TP, alpha-carboxymethylbutyl hydroxychroman (α-CMBHC) and alpha- or gamma-carboxyethyl hydroxychroman (α- or γ-CEHC), respectively, from equine plasma and serum. Quantification was achieved through liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry. We applied a 96-well high-throughput format using a Phenomenex Phree plate to analyze plasma and serum. Compounds were separated by using a Waters ACQUITY UPLC BEH C18 column with a reverse-phase gradient. The limits of detection for the metabolites and vitamin E compounds were 8–330 pg/mL. To validate the method, intra-day and inter-day accuracy and precision were evaluated along with limits of detection and quantification. The method was then applied to determine concentrations of these analytes in plasma and serum of horses. Alpha-TP levels were 3–6 µg/mL of matrix; the metabolites were found at much lower levels, 0.2–1.0 ng/mL of matrix.  相似文献   

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In both cows and sheep the allantoic fluid is confined to 2 sacs connected by a flattened isthmus, one in the non-pregnant horn and one in the upper part of the pregnant horn. The chorion encloses the amniotic and allantoic compartments, forming the amniochorion and chorioallantois, respectively. In the last third of gestation the compositions of both amniotic and allantoic fluids differ substantially from each other and from those of foetal urine, and maternal and foetal plasma. There is less variation in composition than in volume for a given gestational age. Abnormalities of volume are more common in cows than sheep, and hydrallantois is more common than hydramnois. Data obtained from both physiological experiments and pathological cases suggest that the foetal membranes play an important role in the regulation of composition and volume of foetal fluids. Evidence is presented that the permeability of the membranes to various solutes, as well as their capacity to produce and respond to a number of hormones, can affect the foetal fluid composition and/or volume. Progesterone, oestrogens and prolactin are some of the hormones known to affect foetal fluids. Foetal adrenal insufficiency has been associated with hydramnios implying a lack of hormones from this gland in this disease. The changes in allantoic fluid composition from normal to that closely resembling maternal/foetal extracellular fluid, in hydrallantois, suggests an alteration of membrane function as an aetiology and the continued production of fluid, after removal of the foetus in some cases, favours this hypothesis.  相似文献   

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 为研究补饲精料对生长期山羊血浆抗氧化应激能力和生化指标的影响,将45只生长期贵州黑山羊按单因子随机区组试验设计分为3组,每组3个重复,每个重复5只,分别饲喂对照组、试验1组、试验2组饲粮;对照组山羊饲粮精料0.1kgDM/d、粗料0.35kgDM/d,试验1组、试验2组在对照组精料的基础上分别补饲0.3kg、0.6kg精料;试验设预饲期7d,正试期24d,分别在第7、16、25、31d采集血液,分离血浆,测定相关指标。结果显示：（1）与对照组相比,试验1组、试验2组山羊血浆抗氧化应激能力指标T-AOC、SOD、GSH-Px含量均显著增加（P<0.05）,MDA水平显著降低（P<0.05）,试验1组、2组之间差异不显著（P>0.05）;（2）除试验1组BUN水平低于对照组外（P<0.05）,3组山羊血浆AST和脂质代谢指标TG、TCH、LDLC、HDLC均没有显著差异（P>0.05）。表明在低营养水平条件下,补饲精料能显著增强生长期山羊血浆抗氧化应激能力,有助于提高蛋白质利用率。  相似文献   

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Concentration profile of zearalenone (ZON) and its metabolites in plasma, urine and faeces samples of horses fed with Fusarium toxin–contaminated oats is described. In plasma, β‐zearalenol (β‐ZOL) was detected at high levels on day 10 of the study (3.21–6.24 μg/l). β‐Zearalenol and α‐zearalenol were the major metabolites in urine. Zearalenone, α‐ZOL and β‐ZOL were predominantly found in faeces. Zearalanone could also be detected in urine (1.34–5.79 μg/l) and faeces (1 μg/kg). The degree of glucuronidation was established in all sample types, approximately 100% in urine and plasma. Low per cent of glucuronidation (4–15%) was found in faeces samples. The results indicate the main conversion of ZON into β‐ZOL in horse. This finding could explain why horse is not susceptible to ZON in comparison with swine which produce α‐ZOL as a predominant metabolite.  相似文献   

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Dogs were treated with the anti-epileptic drug valproic acid (VPA) for 2 weeks in order to determine whedier therapeutic plasma levels could be maintained. VPA (as the sodium salt) was administered in a dosage of 170–180 mg/kg/day divided into three equal doses in the form of enteric-coated tablets. Due to the rapid elimination of this drug in dogs, therapeutic plasma levels were reached only intermittently. However, the concentrations maintained may be sufficient for anti-epileptic therapy in dogs because the lower plasma protein binding of VPA in this species gives rise to higher central concentrations compared with man. Furthermore, some VPA metabolites previously shown to exert anticonvulsant activity (2-en-VPA and 3-keto-VPA) were found in relatively high concentrations in dog plasma.
We would recommend the dosages used in this study as a basis for assessment of VPA in the treatment of canine epilepsy.  相似文献   

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