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The role of supra basal progesterone concentrations in the aetiology of follicular cysts in cows

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 November 2017

R.S. Robinson ,
M.G. Hunter  and
G.E. Mann
R.S. Robinson*
Affiliation:
University of Nottingham, School of Biosciences, Division of Animal Physiology, Sutton Bonington Campus, Loughborough, LE12 5RD, U.K.
M.G. Hunter
Affiliation:
University of Nottingham, School of Biosciences, Division of Animal Physiology, Sutton Bonington Campus, Loughborough, LE12 5RD, U.K.
G.E. Mann
Affiliation:
University of Nottingham, School of Biosciences, Division of Animal Physiology, Sutton Bonington Campus, Loughborough, LE12 5RD, U.K.
*
Email: bob.robinson@nottingham.ac.uk
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While cystic follicles remain a significant problem in dairy cows, their aetiology still remains unclear. Recent studies have shown that treatment with low levels of progesterone can interfere with the induction of an LH surge and induce cystic follicles leading to the theory that supra basal concentrations of progesterone may act as a trigger for the formation of cystic follicles (Silvia et al., 2002).

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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science , Volume 2005 , 2005 , pp. 38
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 2005

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Silvia, et al. (2002). Ovarian follicular cysts in dairy cows: an abnormality in folliculogenesis. Domestic Animal Endocrinology 23, 167–177.Google Scholar