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Increased body condition score through increased lean muscle, but not fat deposition, is associated with reduced reproductive response to oestrus induction in beef cows

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 April 2016

A. Guzmán ,
E. Gonzalez-Padilla ,
P. Garcés-Yepez ,
J. V. Rosete-Fernández ,
R. C. Calderón-Robles ,
W. D. Whittier ,
D. H. Keisler  and
C. G. Gutierrez
A. Guzmán
Affiliation:
Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Av. Universidad 3000, Mexico D.F. 04360, México
E. Gonzalez-Padilla
Affiliation:
Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Av. Universidad 3000, Mexico D.F. 04360, México
P. Garcés-Yepez
Affiliation:
Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Av. Universidad 3000, Mexico D.F. 04360, México
J. V. Rosete-Fernández
Affiliation:
Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales, Agrícolas y Pecuarias, Hueytamalco Puebla, 73580, México
R. C. Calderón-Robles
Affiliation:
Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales, Agrícolas y Pecuarias, Hueytamalco Puebla, 73580, México
W. D. Whittier
Affiliation:
Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, Virginia Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, VA 24061, USA
D. H. Keisler
Affiliation:
Division of Animal Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA65211
C. G. Gutierrez*
Affiliation:
Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Av. Universidad 3000, Mexico D.F. 04360, México
*
†E-mail: ggcarlos@unam.mx
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Abstract

Energy reserve, estimated as body condition score (BCS), is the major determinant of the re-initiation of ovarian activity in postpartum cows. Leptin, IGF-I and insulin are positively related to BCS and are putative mediators between BCS and reproductive function. However, when BCS and body composition dissociates, concentrations of these metabolic hormones are altered. We hypothesized that increasing lean muscle tissue, but not fat tissue, would diminish the reproductive response to oestrus induction treatments. Thirty lactating beef cows with BCS of 3.10±1.21 and 75.94±12 days postpartum were divided in two groups. Control cows (n=15) were supplemented with 10.20 kg of concentrate daily for 60 days. Treated cows (n=15) were supplemented equally, and received a β-adrenergic receptor agonist (β-AA; 0.15 mg/kg BW) to achieve accretion of lean tissue mass and not fat tissue mass. Twelve days after ending concentrate supplementation/β-AA treatment, cows received a progestin implant to induce oestrus. Cows displaying oestrus were inseminated during the following 60 days, and maintained with a fertile bull for a further 21 days. Cows in both groups gained weight during the supplementation period (Daily weight gain: Control=0.75 kg v. β-AA=0.89 kg). Cows treated with β-AA had a larger increase in BCS (i.e. change in BCS: control=1 point (score 4.13) v. β-AA=2 points (score 5.06; P<0.05), as a result of muscle accretion (i.e. change in muscle depth: control 0.21 cm v. β-AA 0.97 cm; P<0.05) but not adipose tissue (i.e. change in back fat depth; control 0.13 cm v. β-AA −0.06 cm; P<0.05). The changes in body composition in β-AA cows were associated with a reduction in serum concentrations of IGF-I (25.4%) and leptin (27.9%), without observed changes in insulin. Ovulation and pregnancy to 1st service (P>0.05) did not differ between groups. However, the number of cows displaying oestrus (control 13/15 v. β-AA 8/15; P<0.05) and the percentage cycling (control 6/8 v. β-AA 3/10; P=0.07) after progestin treatment and the pregnancy percentage at the end of the breeding period (control 13/15 v. β-AA 8/15; P<0.05) were lower in β-AA than control cows. In summary, the increase BCS through muscle tissue accretion, but not through fat tissue accretion, resulted in a lower response to oestrus induction, lower percentage of cycling animals and lower pregnancy percentage after progestin treatment; which was associated with a decrease in serum concentrations of leptin and IGF-I.

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β-AAenergy statusIGF-Iinsulinleptin
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animal , Volume 10 , Issue 10 , October 2016 , pp. 1706 - 1713
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