TY - JOUR T1 - Reproductive Hormone Concentrations and Their Correlation of Different Physiological Stages in Dulong Cows (Bos frontalis) AU - Qu, Kaixing AU - He, Zhanxing AU - Huang, Meifen AU - Zhang, Jicai AU - Wang, Ankui AU - Jin, Xiandong AU - Yang, Kai AU - Zhang, Fengwei AU - Huang, Bizhi JO - Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances VL - 19 IS - 12 SP - 159 EP - 166 PY - 2020 DA - 2001/08/19 SN - 1680-5593 DO - javaa.2020.159.166 UR - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=javaa.2020.159.166 KW - Dulong cow (Bos frontalis) KW -hormone level KW -reproductive physiological stage KW -correlation KW -reproductive behavior AB - Plasma hormone levels were conducted through radioimmunoassay from grazing Dulong cows. Two surges of E2 profile were found on standing estrous (18.56±7.87 pg mL–1) and on days 240-270 of pregnancy (11.85±3.45 pg mL–1), the lowest on days 5-10 of post-copulation (p<0.05). P4 concentration was found the highest on days 5-10 of post-copulation (9.35±2.84 ng mL–1) (p<0.01) and the lowest on standing heat (0.29±0.13 pg mL–1), significantly lower than that during gestation (p<0.05). A biphasic FSH surges were observed during estrous forepart (2.03±0.54 mIU mL–1) and on days 2-30 of postpartum (2.23±0.61 mIU mL–1). Surge LH concentration reachedon days 5-10 of gestation (10.21±9.04 mIU mL–1). Surge T level was found on days 240-270 of pregnancy, significantly higher than those in other PPSs (p<0.01). The significant positive correlations were found between PPSs and plasma FSH (r = 0.34, p<0.05), P4 (r = 0.31, p<0.05), T (r = 0.48, p<0.01) concentrations, respectively, also between P4 and LH (r = 0.31, p<0.05), T and FSH (r = 0.40, p<0.01) while a negative correlation was between plasma E2 and P4 (r = -0.29, p<0.05). In conclusion, Dulong cows were found with two surges of hormone E2 and FSH and a single surge of hormone P4 and T. There were increasing at levels of FSH, P4 and T, the synergistic relationships between P4 and LH, T and FSH, the antagonistic relationship between E2 and P4, were firstly reported in Dulong cows during PPSs. ER -