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    THE EFFECTS OF ALFAPROSTOL (PGF2a analogue) AND eCG ON REPRODUCTIVE PERFORMANCES IN POSTPARTUM RABBITS

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    [EN] The aim of this study was to verify the effectiveness of post partum pharmacological oestrus synchronisation with alfaprostol or eCG in improving rabbit doe reproductive performances and to evaluate the incidence of pseudopregnancy in this species. One hundred and eighty commercial hybrid rabbit does, multiparous and lactating, were randomly divided into three groups (n=60) and treated on day 8 post partum (pp) as follows: Group A, 1 mL s.c. vitaminic solution with 200 mg alfaprostol, a synthetic analogue of PGF2a; Group B, 1 mL sc vitaminic solution with 20 I.U eCG; Group C (Control) 1 mL sc vitaminic solution. On day 11 pp (3 days after treatment), all the rabbits were artificially inseminated (AI), and injected with 0.8 mg of buserelin i.m. to induce ovulation. Concurrently, blood samples were taken for progesterone (P4) analysis by RIA with the following schedule: day 8 pp (before treatment), day 11 pp (before AI and the induction of ovulation) and day 16 pp (5 days after AI). Fertility was not influenced by hormonal treatments (71.7% and 71.2% respectively) compared to control (66.1%). Conversely, both PGF2a and eCG hormonal synchronisation treatments increased (P1 ng/mL). On day 5 after insemination 95.5% had P4 values, which attest to the presence of functional corpora lutea (CL) (P4>2 ng/mL). The results of this study show that as long as rabbitry is properly managed zootechnically and sanitarily, drugs such as alfaprostol and eCG, while not ameliorating fertility rate when used for post partum oestrus sychronisation, can increase litter size.Mollo, A.; Veronesi, M.; Battocchio, M.; Cairoli, F.; Brecchia, G.; Boiti, C. (2003). THE EFFECTS OF ALFAPROSTOL (PGF2a analogue) AND eCG ON REPRODUCTIVE PERFORMANCES IN POSTPARTUM RABBITS. World Rabbit Science. 11(2):63-74. https://doi.org/10.4995/wrs.2003.498SWORD637411

    Studio preliminare su alcune caratteristiche seminali e morfometriche testicolari dello stallone asinino di Martina Franca

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    Breeding soundness evaluation of equine stallions is a routine component of stud farm medicine. Guidelines for assessingsatisfactory breeding potential have been well described in the horse. Instead, only few studies have been performed on thebreeding parameters in the jackass. The aim of this study is to evaluate some seminal and testicular morphometric characteristicsof Martina Franca jackass.[...

    Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis

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    The present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
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