Study of follicular and corpus luteum vascularization in mares treated with Equine Pituitary Extract using ultrasound color Doppler M.C.R. Medeiros A. Farinasso I.H.A.V. Nery H.M. Souza J.L.A. Vasconcelos K.L.G. Trindade A.M. Batista H.C. Manso Filho G.F. Carneiro A. Wischral 10.6084/m9.figshare.5668030.v1 https://scielo.figshare.com/articles/dataset/Study_of_follicular_and_corpus_luteum_vascularization_in_mares_treated_with_Equine_Pituitary_Extract_using_ultrasound_color_Doppler/5668030 <p></p><p>ABSTRACT Knowledge about follicle and corpus luteum vascularization associated with superovulation in mares is scarce. Aiming to evaluate the effect of equine pituitary extract (EPE) on superovulation, the experiment was conducted using six mares Purebred Arabian in two estrous cycles (control and treatment). The mares were synchronized, and monitored daily by ultrasound B mode until the follicles reached diameter ≤ 23 mm (deviation). In the treatment cycle, from the deviation, mares received 8 mg of EPE, once a day, intramuscularly, until two or more follicles reached a diameter between 32 and 35 mm. Ovulation was induced with deslorelin acetate when follicles reached at least 35 mm. At the time of follicular deviation, induction of ovulation and final preovulatory exam, it was used B-mode ultrasound to measure the diameter of follicles and on the eighth day after ovulation to measure the area of the corpus luteum (CL); color Doppler was also used to assess blood perfusion of the follicle wall and luteal parenchyma. In the control cycle was performed the same procedure except for the use of EPE. Data were subjected to analysis of variance, with 5% significance level. There was no effect of EPE on ovulation number, diameter of follicles, vascularity of the follicular wall and serum estrogen concentration. The animals treated or not, showed functional CLs, with no difference in parenchymal area or luteal vascularization, or in serum progesterone concentration on the eighth day after ovulation. It was observed that the EPE provided a greater number of subordinate follicles at the time of induction of ovulation of the dominant follicle. Although these follicles have failed to ovulate, it was concluded that EPE influenced the follicles growth, and it can be used in other biotechnologies, with greater utilization of equine ovarian follicular reserve.</p><p></p> 2017-12-05 09:26:03 equine ovarian follicle blood flow superovulation