The role of endocrine insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) in female bovine reproduction |
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Authors: | Velazquez M A Spicer L J Wathes D C |
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Institution: | Escuela Superior de Ciencias Agropecuarias, Universidad Autónoma de Campeche, Calle 53 s/n, C.P. 24350, Escárcega, Campeche, Mexico. lestaurus_18@hotmail.com |
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Abstract: | Insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) plays a pivotal role in cattle fertility, acting as a monitoring signal that allows reproductive events to occur when nutritional conditions for successful reproduction are reached. However, endocrine IGF-I is not a predictor of reproductive events, but rather an indirect estimator of the suitability of the animal to achieve the reproductive event in question. Although measuring circulating IGF-I concentrations might not have any clinical application in the cattle industry, endocrine IGF-I screening will continue to be important for the study of interactions between nutrition and reproduction. In addition, endocrine IGF-I screening could be used as an ancillary test for the selection of cattle for high reproductive potential, especially in herds of high genetic merit for milk production, in which a decline in fertility has been identified. |
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Keywords: | Endocrine IGF-I Reproduction Nutrition Cause–effect relationship Cattle |
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