Peripheral plasma prolactin concentrations during oestrous cycles in different types of primitive gilt
in ReproductionSummary. Plasma prolactin concentrations were determined by radioimmunoassay during oestrous cycles and around the time of oestrus in different types of primitive gilts: Vietnamese, Zlotnicka and wild-boar × domestic pig hybrids. The animals were bled without stress from an indwelling arterial catheter. The following results were obtained: (1) in all gilts the main prolactin peak was observed at Day 15 or 16 of the oestrous cycle; (2) Vietnamese and hybrid gilts showed a second smaller prolactin surge after (Day 2) or before (Day 17) oestrus; (3) base levels of prolactin during the oestrous cycle were 14·8 ± 0·93 ng/ml (Vietnamese gilts), 13·2 ± 1·05 ng/ml (Zlotnicka gilts) and 15·6 ± 2·01 ng/ml (hybrid gilts). The 15–16-day prolactin peaks reached maximum values of 36·4, 43·4 and 56·5 ng/ml respectively.
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