The effect of nutrition on the seasonality of reproduction in ewes

Reproduction Nutrition Development

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 355-365

  Forcada, Fernando ^a   Abecia, José Alfonso ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Gonadotropins; Nutrition; Reproductive seasonality; Sheep

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN; LEPTIN; MESSENGER RNA;

BODY FAT; CONFERENCE PAPER; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD INTAKE; GENOTYPE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALNUTRITION; NONHUMAN; OVULATION; PHOTOPERIODICITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHEEP;

ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; ENERGY INTAKE; ESTRUS; FEMALE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PHOTOPERIOD; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SHEEP;

OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 33748284828     PISSN: 09265287     EISSN: 12979708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/rnd:2006017     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (64)

1. Lindsay DR. Reproduction in the sheep and goat. In: Cupps PT (Ed), Reproduction in domestic animals, 4th ed, Academic Press, San Diego, 1991, p 491-515.
2. Martin GB, Walkden-Brown SW, Boukhliq R, Tjondronegoro S, Miller DW, Fisher JS, Hötzel MJ, Restall BJ, Adams NR. Non-photoperiodic inputs into seasonal breeding in male ruminants. In: Davey KG, Peter RE, Tobe SS (Eds), Perspectives in comparative endocrinology, National Research Council of Canada, Otawa, 1994, p 574-585.
3. Martin GB, Hötzel MJ, Blache D, Walkden-Brown SW, Blackberry MA, Boukhliq R, Fisher JS, Miller DW. Determinants of the annual pattern of reproduction in mature male Merino and Suffolk sheep: modification of responses to photoperiod by an annual cycle in food supply. Reprod Fertil Dev 2002, 14: 165-175.
4. Lindsay DR. Environment and reproductive behaviour. Anim Reprod Sci 1996, 42: 1-12.
5. Yeates NTM. The breeding season of the ewe with particular reference to its modification by artificial light. J Agric Sci Camb 1949, 39: 1-43.
6. Mauleon P, Rougeot J. Régulation des saisons sexuelles chez des brebis de races différentes au moyen de divers rythmes lumineux. Ann Biol Anim Bioch Biophys 1962, 2: 209-222.
7. Chemineau P, Pelletier J, Guerin Y, Colas G, Ravault JP, Touré G, Almeida G, Thimonier J, Ortavant R. Photoperiodic and melatonin treatments for the control of seasonal reproduction in sheep and goats. Reprod Nutr Dev 1988, 28: 409-422.
8. Karsch FJ, Dahl GE, Evans NP, Manning JM, Mayfield KP, Moenter SM, Foster DL. Seasonal changes in gonadotropin-releasing hormone secretion in the ewe. Alteration in response to the negative feedback action of estradiol. Biol Reprod 1993, 49: 1377-1383.
9. Robinson JE, Karsch FJ. Refractoriness to inductive day lengths terminates the breeding season of the Suffolk ewe. Biol Reprod 1984, 31: 656-663.
10. Robinson JE, Wayne NL, Karsch FJ. Refractoriness to inhibitory daylength initiates the breeding season of the Suffolk ewe. Biol Reprod 1985, 33: 324-334.
11. Karsch FJ, Robinson JE, Woodfill CJI, Brown MB. Circannual cycles of luteinizing hormone and prolactin secretion in ewes during a prolonged exposure to a fixed photoperiod: evidence for an endogenous reproductive rhythm. Biol Reprod 1989, 41: 1034-1046.
12. Malpaux B, Robinson JE, Wayne NL, Karsch FJ. Regulation of the onset of the breeding season of the ewe: importance of long days and of an endogenous reproductive rhythm. J Endocrinol 1989, 122: 269-278.
13. Wayne NL, Malpaux B, Karsch FJ. Photoperiodic requirements for timing the onset and duration of the breeding season of the ewe: synchronization of an endogenous rhythm of reproduction. J Comp Physiol 1990, A166: 835-842.
14. Karsch FJ, Bittman EL, Foster DL, Goodman RL, Legan SJ, Robinson JE. Neuroendocrine basis of seasonal reproduction. Recent Prog Horm Res 1984, 40: 185-232.
15. Skinner DC, Malpaux B. High melatonin concentrations in third ventricular cerebrospinal fluid are not due to Galen vein blood recirculating through the choroids plexus. Endocrinology 1999, 140: 4399-4405.
16. Karsch FJ, Cummins JT, Thomas GB, Clarke IJ. Steroid feedback inhibition of pulsatile secretion of gonadotropin-releasing hormone in the ewe. Biol Reprod 1987, 36: 1207-1218.
17. Barrell GK, Moenter SM, Caraty A, Karsch FJ. Seasonal changes of gonadotropin releasing hormone secretion in the ewe. Biol Reprod 1992, 46: 1130-1135.
18. Caldani M, Batailler M, Thiery JC, Dubois MP. LHRH-immunoreactive structures in the sheep brain. Histochemistry 1988, 89: 129-139.
19. Xiong JJ, Karsch FJ, Lehman NM. Evidence for seasonal plasticity in the gonadotropin-releasing hormone(GnRH) system of the ewe: changes in synaptic inputs onto GnRH neurons. Endocrinology 1997, 138: 1240-1250.
20. Malpaux B., Daveau A, Maurice F, Gayrard V, Thiery JC. Short days effects of melatonin on luteinizing hormone secretion in the ewe: evidence for central sites of action in the mediobasal hypothalamus. Biol Reprod 1993, 48: 752-760.
21. Viguié C, Caraty A, Locatelli A, Malpaux B. Regulation of LHRH secretion by melatonin in the ewe. I. Simultaneous delayed increase in LHRH and LH pulsatile secretion. Biol Reprod 1995, 52: 1114-1120.
22. Oldham CM, Lindsay DR. The minimum period of intake of lupin grain required by ewes to increase their ovulation rate when grazing dry summer pasture. In: Lindsay DR, Pearce DT (Eds), Reproduction in sheep, Australian Academy of Science, Australian Wool Corporation, Canberra, 1984, p 274-276.
23. Viñoles C, Forsberg M, Martin GB, Cajarville C, Repetto J, Meikle A. Short-term nutritional supplementation of ewes in low body condition affects follicle development due to an increase in glucose and metabolic hormones. Reproduction 2005, 129: 299-309.
24. Forcada F, Abecia JA, Sierra I. Seasonal changes in oestrous activity and ovulation rate in Rasa Aragonesa ewes maintained at two different body condition levels. Small Ruminant Res 1992, 8: 313-324.
25. Abecia JA, Forcada F, Zarazaga L. A note on the effect of level of nutrition after weaning on the resumption of reproductive activity by ewes of two Spanish breeds lambing in spring. Anim Prod 1993, 56: 273-276.
26. Knight TW, Hall DHR, Wilson LD. Effects of teasing and nutrition on the duration of the breeding season in Romney ewes. Proc NZ Soc Anim Prod 1983, 43: 17-19.
27. Montgomery GW, Scott IC, Johnstone PD. Seasonal changes in ovulation rate in Coopworth ewes maintained at different liveweights. Anim Reprod Sci 1988, 17: 197-205.
28. Rondón Z, Forcada F, Zarazaga L, Abecia JA, Lozano JM. Oestrous activity, ovulation rate and plasma melatonin concentrations in Rasa Aragonesa ewes maintained at two different and constant body condition score levels and implanted or reimplanted with melatonin. Anim Reprod Sci 1996, 41: 225-236.
29. Forcada F, Zarazaga L, Abecia JA. Effect of exogenous melatonin and plane of nutrition after weaning on estrous activity, endocrine status and ovulation rate in Salz ewes lambing in the seasonal anestrus. Theriogenology 1995, 43: 1179-1193.
30. Lozano JM, Forcada F, Abecia JA. Opioidergic and nutritional involvement in the control of luteinizing hormone secretion of postpartum Rasa Aragonesa ewes lambing in the mid-breeding season. Anim Reprod Sci 1998, 52: 267-277.
31. Rhind SM, McMillen S, McKelvey WAC. Effects of levels of food intake and body condition on the sensitivity of the hypothalamus and pituitary to ovarian-steroid feedback in ovariectomized ewes. Anim Prod 1991, 52: 115-125.
32. Forcada F, Lozano JM, Abecia JA, Zarazaga L. Control of luteinizing hormone secretion in ewes by endogenous opioids and the dopaminergic system during short seasonal anoestrus: role of plane of nutrition. Anim Sci 1997, 65: 217-224.
33. Rhind SM. Nutrition: its effects on reproductive performance and its hormonal control in female sheep and goats. In: Speedy AW (Ed), Progress in sheep and goat research, CAB International, Wallingford Oxon, UK, 1992, p 131-151.
34. Archer ZA, Rhind SM, Findlay PA, Kyle CE, Thomas L. Contrasting effects of different levels of food intake and adiposity on LH secretion and hypothalamic gene expression in sheep. J Endocrinol 2002, 175: 383-393.
35. Zhang S, Blache D, Blackberry MA, Martin GB. Body reserves affect the reproductive endocrine responses to an acute change in nutrition in mature male sheep. Anim Reprod Sci 2005, 88: 257-269.
36. Parr RA, Cumming IA, Clarke IJ. Effects of maternal nutrition and plasma progesterone concentrations on survival and growth of the sheep embryo in early gestation. J Agric Sci Camb 1982, 98: 39-46.
37. Thomas DL, Thomford PJ, Crickman JG, Cobb AR, Dziuk PJ. Effects of plane of nutrition and phenobarbital during the pre-mating period on reproduction in ewes fed differentially during the summer and mated in the fall. J Anim Sci 1987, 64: 1144-1152.
38. Adams NR, Abordi JA, Briegel JR, Sanders MR. Effect of diet on the clearance of estradiol-17β in the ewe. Biol Reprod 1994, 51: 668-674.
39. Kazama N, Longcope C. Metabolism of estrone and estradiol-17β in sheep. Endocrinology 1973, 91: 1450-1454.
40. Ebling FJP, Schwartz ML, Foster DL. Endogenous opioid regulation of pulsatile LH secretion during sexual maduration in the female sheep. Endocrinology 1989, 125: 369-383.
41. Trout WE, Malven PV. Effects of exogenous estradiol-17β and progesterone on naloxone-reversible inhibition of the release of luteinizing hormone in ewes. J Anim Sci 1987, 65: 1602-1609.
42. Schall RE, Ebling FJP, Karsch FJ, Foster DL. Postpubertal maduration of endogenous opioid regulation of luteinizing hormone secretion in the female sheep. Biol Reprod 1991, 44: 760-768.
43. Kao C, Schaeffer DJ, Jackson GL. Different neuroendocrine systems modulate pulsatile luteinizing hormone secretion in photosuppressed and photorefractory ewes. Biol Reprod 1992, 46: 425-434.
44. Le Corre S, Chemineau P. Control of photoperiodic inhibition of luteinizing hormone secretion by dopaminergic and serotonergic systems in ovariectomized Île-de-France ewes supplemented with oestradiol. J Reprod Fertil 1993, 97: 367-373.
45. Gayrard V, Malpaux B, Tillet Y, Thiéry JC. Estradiol increases tyrosine hydroxylase activity of the A15 nucleus dopaminergic neurons during long days in the ewe. Biol Reprod 1994, 50: 1168-1177.
46. Forcada F, Zúñiga O, Abecia JA. The role of nutrition in the regulation of LH secretion during anestrus by the serotoninergic and dopaminergic systems in Mediterranean ewes treated with melatonin. Theriogenology 2002, 58: 1303-1313.
47. Hall JB, Schillo KK, Hileman SM, Boling JA. Does tyrosine act as a nutritional signal mediating the effects of increased feed intake on luteinizing hormone patterns in growth-restricted lambs? Biol Reprod 1992, 46: 573-579.
48. Pardridge WM. Brain metabolism: a perspective from the blood-brain barrier. Physiol Rev 1983, 63: 1481-1535.
49. Fernstrom JD, Wurtman RJ. Brain serotonin content: physiological regulation by plasma neutral amino acids. Science 1972, 178: 414-416.
50. 2 receptors mediate the inhibitory action of serotonin on luteinizing hormone secretion in ovariectomized, estradiol-treated ewes that are refractory to short days. Biol Reprod 1993, 49: 140-147.
51. Downing JA, Joss J, Connell P, Scaramuzzi RJ. Ovulation rate and the concentrations of gonadotrophic and metabolic hormones in ewes fed lupin grain. J Reprod Fertil 1995, 103: 137-145.
52. Blache D, Tellam R, Chagas LM, Blackberry MA, Vercoe PV, Martin GB. Level of nutrition affects leptin concentrations in plasma and cerebrospinal fluid in sheep. J Endocrinol 2000, 165: 625-637.
53. Delavaud C, Bocquier F, Chilliard Y, Keisler DH, Gertler A, Kann G. Plasma leptin determination in ruminants: effects of nutritional status and body fatness on plasma leptin concentration assessed by a specific RIA in sheep. J Endocrinol 2000, 165: 519-526.
54. Bocquier F, Bonnet M, Faulconnier Y, Guerre-Millo M, Martin P, Chilliard Y. Effects of photoperiod and feeding level on perirenal adipose tissue metabolic activity and leptin synthesis in the ovariectomized ewe. Reprod Nutr Dev 1998, 38: 489-498.
55. Marie M, Findlay PA, Thomas L, Adam CL. Daily patterns of plasma leptin in sheep: effects of photoperiod and food intake. J Endocrinol 2001, 170: 277-286.
56. Henry BA, Goding JW, Tilbrook AJ, Dunshea FR, Blache D, Clarke IJ. Leptin-mediated effects of undernutrition or fasting on luteinizing hormone and growth hormone secretion in ovariectomized ewes depend on the duration of metabolic perturbation. J. Neuroendocrinol 2004, 16: 244-255.
57. Amstalden M, Garcia MR, Stanko RL, Niezielski SE, Morrison CD, Keisler DH, Williams GL. Central infusion of recombinant ovine leptin normalizes plasma insulin and stimulates a novel hypersecretion of luteinizing hormone after short-term fasting in mature beef cows. Biol Reprod 2002, 66: 1555-1561.
58. Zieba DA, Amstalden M, Maciel MN, Keisler DH, Raver N, Gertler A, Williams GL. Divergent effects of leptin on luteinizing hormone and insulin secretion are dose dependent. Exp Biol Med 2003, 228: 325-330.
59. Kendall NR, Gutiérrez CG, Scaramuzzi RJ, Baird DT, Webb R, Campbell BK. Direct in vivo effects of leptin on ovarian steroidogenesis in sheep. Reproduction 2004, 128: 757-765.
60. Zieba DA, Amstalden M, Williams GL. Regulatory roles of leptin in reproduction and metabolism: a comparative review. Dornest Anim Endocrin 2005, 29: 166-185.
61. Henry BA, Goding JW, Alexander WS, Tilbrook AJ, Canny BJ, Dunshea F, Rao A, Mansell A, Clarke IJ. Central administration of leptin to ovariectomized ewes inhibits food intake without affecting the secretion of hormones from the pituitary gland: evidence for a dissociation of effects on appetite and neuroendocrine function. Endocrinology 1999, 140: 1175-1182.
62. McShane TM, May T, Miner JL, Keisler DH. Central actions of neuropeptide-Y may provide a neuromodulatory link between nutrition and reproduction. Biol Reprod 1992, 46: 1151-1157.
63. Tillet Y, Caldani M, Batailler M. Anatomical relationships of monoaminergic and neuropeptide Y-containing fibres with luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone systems in the preoptic area of the sheep brain: immunohistochemical studies. J Chem Neuroanat 1989, 2: 319-326.
64. Archer ZA, Rhind SM, Findlay PA, Kyle CE, Barber MC, Adam CL. Hypothalamic responses to peripheral glucose infusion in food-restricted sheep are influenced by photoperiod. J Endocrinol 2005, 184: 515-525.