LH concentrations in two cattle with XY gonadal dysgenesis
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Summary. Two animals with XY gonadal dysgenesis both had a reproductive tract similar in size to that found in sexually immature heifers, but neither had normal testicular or ovarian tissue. All cells examined in both animals contained XY chromosomes and spinal cord neurones were sex chromatin negative. Basal LH concentrations averaged 3·1 ng/ml in Animal 1 and 2·4 ng/ml in Animal 2 but increased within 12 h of injecting oestradiol to peak concentrations of 125 and 11 ng/ml respectively. Animal 1 displayed a distinct pulsatile LH release pattern with a highly repeatable decline phase at each pulse. A GnRH injection produced a rapid rise in plasma LH in both animals, sustained in Animal 1 at > 500 ng/ml for more than 2 h. Each animal displayed behavioural symptoms of oestrus within 12 h of being injected with 3 mg oestradiol benzoate and was repeatedly served by a bull.
These studies indicated that both animals differed from freemartins and had some hypothalamic and pituitary response patterns resembling those reported for female cattle.
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