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    The document summarizes two experiments that evaluated the effects of subcutaneous melatonin injections on estrus response and conception rates in goats during non-breeding seasons. In the first winter experiment, 70% of goats injected with 20mg melatonin and 85% injected with 40mg showed estrus within 20 and 15.5 days respectively, with high conception rates, compared to only 10% of controls. In the second spring experiment, 80% and 90% of goats injected with 20mg and 40mg melatonin showed estrus response, with the 20mg group taking longer, and both groups had higher pregnancy rates than controls. The results suggest that a single melatonin injection can initiate

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    The document summarizes two experiments that evaluated the effects of subcutaneous melatonin injections on estrus response and conception rates in goats during non-breeding seasons. In the first winter experiment, 70% of goats injected with 20mg melatonin and 85% injected with 40mg showed estrus within 20 and 15.5 days respectively, with high conception rates, compared to only 10% of controls. In the second spring experiment, 80% and 90% of goats injected with 20mg and 40mg melatonin showed estrus response, with the 20mg group taking longer, and both groups had higher pregnancy rates than controls. The results suggest that a single melatonin injection can initiate

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    The document summarizes two experiments that evaluated the effects of subcutaneous melatonin injections on estrus response and conception rates in goats during non-breeding seasons. In the first winter experiment, 70% of goats injected with 20mg melatonin and 85% injected with 40mg showed estrus within 20 and 15.5 days respectively, with high conception rates, compared to only 10% of controls. In the second spring experiment, 80% and 90% of goats injected with 20mg and 40mg melatonin showed estrus response, with the 20mg group taking longer, and both groups had higher pregnancy rates than controls. The results suggest that a single melatonin injection can initiate

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    Small Ruminant Research 82 (2009) 152155

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    Effect of a single subcutaneous injection of melatonin on estrous response and conception rate in goats
    Sudhir Kumar, G.N. Purohit
    Department of Animal Reproduction, Gynaecology and Obstetrics, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Rajasthan Agricultural University, Bikaner 334001, Rajasthan, India. Abstract The objectives of this study were to evaluate the effect of a single subcutaneous injection of melatonin, on estrous induction and conception rate during the non-breeding season at different times of the year. In Experiment 1 the melatonin powder was dissolved in an oily vitamin A, D, E solution and injected subcutaneously randomly to goats in two dose treatment groups of 20mg (MLT-20; n = 20) and 40mg (MLT-40; n = 20) in January (winter). Twenty does were injected with 1ml vitamin A and served as the control. In the MLT-20 treated goats 70% of the does were in estrus within 20.02.0 days, whereas in the MLT- 40 group 85% of the does were in estrus within 15.52.5 days and 100% and 80% of the does, respectively, conceived on mating with the bucks. Only 10% of the untreated control does exhibited estrus, but none conceived. The breeding season was thus initiated earlier by 11.5 months in the treated goats. In Experiment 2, goats were treated with similar MLT-20 and MLT-40 treatments in May (spring), with 20 goats in each treatment group and 20 control goats. The proportion of goats that responded to the melatonin treatments was 80% and 90% in the MLT-20 and MLT-40 treatments, respectively, with no significant differences recorded regarding the estrous response. However, in the MLT-20 treatment group the estrous induction interval was significantly longer (P < 0.05), compared to the MLT-40 treatment. The pregnancy rates were not significantly different for the MLT-20 and MLT-40 treatments, with melatonin resulting in significantly higher pregnancy rates than in the control (88.4% versus 33.3%) and the breeding season initiated 2 months earlier. It could be concluded that a single subcutaneous injection of melatonin can initiate the breeding season (irrespective of the season of the year) earlier by 12 months in goats and this could be advantageous when using accelerated breeding systems.

    Key words: Estrus, Goat, Melatonin, Pregnancy.

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