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- Title
Follicular Size Threshold for Ovulation Reassessed. Insights from Multiple Ovulating Dairy Cows.
- Authors
López-Gatius, Fernando; Llobera-Balcells, Mònica; Palacín-Chauri, Roger J.; Garcia-Ispierto, Irina; Hunter, Ronald H. F.
- Abstract
Simple Summary: The selection of a single ovarian follicle able to differentiate and ovulate is a phenomenon common to monovular species including humans. The selected follicle acquires the capacity to ovulate when it reaches a diameter of about 10 mm. In cows with a single follicle of ovulatory size, the probability of ovulation significantly increases with follicle diameter. However, two or more follicles of ovulatory size are often present at estrus. In cows with one follicle of ovulatory size and another follicle of 7–9 mm, the small follicle may, under certain circumstances, ovulate producing a pregnancy. In Bos. taurus cattle, follicular deviation to dominance begins when the selected ovulatory follicle reaches a mean diameter of 8.5 mm. The dominant follicle acquires the capacity to ovulate when it reaches a diameter of about 10 mm. In this study, data derived from 148 cows in estrus with one follicle of ovulatory size and another of 7–9 mm, reveal that the small follicle has the capacity to ovulate alone or with the dominant follicle; thus, giving rise to a single or twin pregnancy. This indicates that a follicle of deviation size may ovulate in the presence of a follicle of ovulatory size.
- Subjects
DAIRY cattle; OVULATION; OVARIAN follicle; CATTLE; MULTIPLE pregnancy; ESTRUS; COWS
- Publication
Animals (2076-2615), 2022, Vol 12, Issue 9, pN.PAG
- ISSN
2076-2615
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/ani12091140