Comparison of bioassay and radioimmunoassay data for study of changes in the pattern of LH secretion from birth to puberty in the heifer

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S. E. Dodson
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M. P. Abbott
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W. Haresign
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DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1530/jrf.0.0820539
Volume/Issue:
Volume 82: Issue 2
Page Range:
539–543
Article Type:
Research Article
Online Publication Date:
Mar 1988
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Summary. To define gonadotrophin secretion rates in the prepubertal heifer, 12 Hereford × Friesian heifers were blood-sampled at 15-min intervals for periods of 24 h every 4 weeks from 3 weeks of age until puberty. Radioimmunoassay of plasma LH concentrations showed that, although LH episode frequency increased with age, overall mean LH concentrations and basal LH concentrations decreased between 3 and 15 weeks of age and then increased to 35 weeks of age. The validity of these trends in relation to biological activity of plasma LH was investigated using an in-vitro Leydig cell bioassay. Samples were selected from 24-h profile bleeds of 4 heifers at 3, 7, 11, 15, 19, 27 and 39 weeks of age. No significant differences were found in the patterns of change in overall mean LH concentrations, basal LH concentrations or LH episode amplitude when comparing the estimates obtained by radioimmunoassay with those by bioassay from birth over the prepubertal period. These results indicate that the changes with age observed by radioimmunoassay are representative of changes in biologically active hormone.

Keywords: bioassay; radioimmunoassay; LH; puberty; heifer

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Print ISSN:
1470-1626
Online ISSN:
1741-7899