Abstract #111
Section: Exotic Species
Session: Exotic Species
Format: Poster
Location: Rio Exhibit Hall B
Session: Exotic Species
Format: Poster
Location: Rio Exhibit Hall B
# 111
BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF FOLLICULAR FLUID IN RELATION TO THE STIMULUS TO INDUCE OVULATION IN ALPACAS (VICUGNA PACOS)
W. Huanca*1, A. Castro2, N. Gomez2, A. Cordero3, 1Laboratory of Animal Reproduction, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos Lima, Peru;,, 2Universidad Nacional Micaela Bastidas, Apurimac, Peru;, 3Department of Nutrition, Faculty of Animal Science, Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina Lima, Peru,.
BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF FOLLICULAR FLUID IN RELATION TO THE STIMULUS TO INDUCE OVULATION IN ALPACAS (VICUGNA PACOS)
W. Huanca*1, A. Castro2, N. Gomez2, A. Cordero3, 1Laboratory of Animal Reproduction, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos Lima, Peru;,, 2Universidad Nacional Micaela Bastidas, Apurimac, Peru;, 3Department of Nutrition, Faculty of Animal Science, Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina Lima, Peru,.
Alpacas, like other camelids, are induced ovulators. A study was designed to determine the effect of the ovulation-inducing stimulus on the biochemical composition of follicular fluid. Adult female alpacas (n = 18) were examined daily for 3 days by transrectal ultrasonography using a 5-MHz linear-array transducer (Aloka SSD-500, Tokyo, Japan). When the largest growing ovarian follicle was ≥7 mm, alpacas were given 1.0 mL of seminal plasma intramuscularly (SP, n = 9) or 40 µg of busereline acetate intramuscularly (GnRH, n = 9). A transvaginal transducer with an attached needle guide (Aloka UST-945BP-5) was used for collection of follicular fluid 22 h post-induction. Follicular contents were then centrifuged at 800 × g for 20 min to separate the fluid from the cells. The follicular fluid was collected and stored at –20°C until analysis with a semi-automatic biochemical analyzer (SINOWA, China). The results were glucose 49.17 and 47.95 (mg/dL; P > 0.05), total protein 1.85 and 1.15 (g/dL; P < 0.05), albumin 1.11 and 1.13 (g/dL; P > 0.05), triglycerides 3.94 and 3.16 (mg/dL; P > 0.05), cholesterol 39.01 and 42.5 (mg/dL; P > 0.05), phosphatase 32.68 and 21.36 (IU/L; P < 0.05), alanine aminotransferase 3.66 and 5.07 (IU/L; P > 0.05), and lactate dehydrogenase 42.17 and 27.27 (IU/L; P > 0.05) for SP or GnRH treatments, respectively. Results suggest the need to continue research to explain the effect of possible differences in total protein, cholesterol, and phosphatase on oocyte-expressed genes and follicular development.