TY  - JOUR
T1  - Effect of Repeated Super-ov Treatment on Superovulatory Response and Embryo Recovery Rate in West African Dwarf Goats
AU - , F.C. Iheukwumere AU - , A.H. Abu AU - , E.C. Ndubisi AU - , U.N. Egu 
JO  - Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances
VL  - 7
IS  - 1
SP  - 24
EP  - 26
PY  - 2008
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1680-5593
DO  - javaa.2008.24.26
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=javaa.2008.24.26
KW  - Superovulation
KW  -super-ov
KW  -goats
KW  -embryo
KW  -treatment
KW  -response
AB  - A total of 18 parous, healthy and cyclically sound 2-3 years old West African dwarf goats were used to study the effect of repeated super-ov treatment on superovulation and embryo recovery rate.  The goats were divided into 3 treatment groups identified as T<SUB>1</SUB>, T<SUB>2</SUB> and<SUB> </SUB> T<SUB>3</SUB> consisting of 6 goats in each group.  T<SUB>1, </SUB>the control was administered with physiological saline, T<SUB>2</SUB> administered with super-ov regarded as Initial treatment and T<SUB>3 </SUB>regarded as repeated administration of super-ov.  The results show that the superovulatory response (CL) during initial and repeated stimulation averaged 7.57±0.52 and 6.85±0.48, respectively. The higher embryo recovery 78.00±0.08% in repeated group differed significantly (p&lt;0.05) from initial super-ov treatment 45.00±0.06% and the control group 30.00± 0.02%.  The lower number of embryos and transferable embryos of 4.00±0.60 and 3.75±0.85, respectively in the initial super-ov treatment than to second stimulation 5.00±0.84 and 4.85±0.94 were due to ovarian hyper stimulation in these animals. The results indicated that super-ov treatments induce superovulatory response in West African dwarf goats.
ER  -