Effects of a synthetic gonadotrophin-releasing hormone agonist, leuprolide, on rut-associated events in male red deer

Animal Production Science

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1120-1124

  Barrell, G K ^a   Schaafsma, S C T ^a   Ridgway, M J ^a   Wellby, M ^a   Miller, L A ^b  

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Agonistic behaviour; Contraception; Liveweight; Luteinising hormone; Rut.; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BODY CONDITION; DEER; HORMONE; LIVESTOCK FARMING;

CERVIDAE; CERVUS ELAPHUS;

EID: 70450227229     PISSN: 18360939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AN09080     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. Audigé L, Wilson PR, Morris RS (1998) A body condition score and its use for farmed red deer hinds. New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research 41, 545-553. (Pubitemid 29163208)
2. Baker DL, Wild MA, Conner MM, Ravivarapu HB, Dunn RL, Nett TM (2002) Effects of GnRH agonist (leuprolide) on reproduction and behavior in female wapiti (Cervus elaphus nelsoni). Reproduction Supplement 60, 155-167.
3. Baker DL, Wild MA, Hussain MD, Dunn RL, Nett TM (2005) Evaluation of remotely delivered leuprolide acetate as a contraceptive agent in female elk (Cervus elaphus nelsoni). Journal of Wildlife Diseases 41, 758-767.
4. Barrell GK, Nicol AM, Keeley MJ (2002) An attempt to suppress the rutassociated loss of live weight in stags by immunocastration. Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production 62, 149-151.
5. Conner MM, Baker DL, Wild MA, Powers JG, Hussain MD, Dunn RL, Nett TM (2007) Fertility control in free-ranging elk using gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist leuprolide: effects on reproduction, behavior, and body condition. Journal of Wildlife Management 71, 2346-2356. doi: 10.2193/2006-463
6. D'Occhio MJ, Fordyce G, Whyte TR, Jubb TF, Fitzpatrick LA, Cooper NJ, Aspden WJ, Bolam MJ, Trigg TE (2002) Use of GnRH agonist implants for long-term suppression of fertility in extensively managed heifers and cows. Animal Reproduction Science 74, 151-162. doi: 10.1016/S03784320(02)00189-6 (Pubitemid 35343673)
7. Freudenberger DO, Wilson PR, Barry TN, Sun YX, Purchas RW, Trigg TE (1.993) Effects of immunization, against GnRH upon body growth, voluntary food intake and plasma hormone concentration in yearling red deer stags (Cervus elaphus). Journal of Agricultural Science 121, 381-388. doi: 10.1017/S0021859600085579
8. Garnier DH, Cotta Y, Terqui M (1978) Androgen radioimmunoassay in the ram: results of direct plasma testosterone and dehydroepiandrosterone measurement and physiological evaluation. Annales de Biologie Animale, Biochimie, Biophysique 18, 265-281. doi: 10.1051/rnd:19780206 (Pubitemid 8306922)
9. Lincoln GA (1987) Long-term stimulatory effects of a continuous infusion of LHRH agonist on testicular function in male red deer (Cervus elaphus). Journal of Reproduction and Fertility 80, 257-261. doi: 10.1530/ jrf.0.0800257
10. Lincoln GA, Fraser HM, Fletcher TJ (1982) Antler growth in male red deer (Cervus elaphus) after active immunization against LH-RH. Journal of Reproduction and Fertility 66, 703-708. doi: 10.1530/jrf.0.0660703
11. Miller LA, Johns BE, Killian GJ (2000) Immunocontraception of whitetailed deer with a GnRH vaccine. American Journal of Reproductive Immunology 44, 266-274. doi: 10.1111/j.8755-8920.2000.440503.x
12. Muir PD, Barrell GK, Sykes AR (1982) Modification of antler growth in red deer stags by use of a synthetic progestagen. Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production 42,145-147.
13. Muir PD, Sykes AR, Barrell GK (1988) Changes in blood content and histology during growth of antlers in red deer (Cervus elaphus) and their relationship to plasma testosterone levels. Journal of Anatomy 158, 31-42.
14. Padula AM (2005) GnRH analogues - agonists and antagonists. Animal Reproduction Sciences, 115-126.doi: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2005.05.005
15. Schanbacher BD, D'Occhio MJ (1982) Validation of a direct radioimmunoassay for testosterone in unextracted serum from five species: application to study of the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis in males. Journal of Andrology 3, 45-51.
16. Shi ZD, Barrell GK (1992) Requirement of thyroid function for the expression of seasonal reproductive and related changes in red deer (Cervus elaphus) stags. Journal of Reproduction and Fertility 94, 251-259. doi: 10.1530/ jrf.0.0940251
17. Trigg TE, Doyle AG, Walsh JD, Swangchan-uthai T (2006) A review of advances in the use of the GnRH, agonist deslorelin in control of reproduction. Theriogenology 66, 1507-1512. doi: 10.1016/j. theriogenology.2006.02.037 (Pubitemid 44374046)
18. Wilson TW, Neuendorff DA, Lewis AW, Randel RD (2002) Effect of zeranol or melengestrol acetate (MGA) on testicular and antler development and aggression in farmed fallow bucks. Journal of Animal Science 80, 1433-1441.