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Pregnancy-associated glycoprotein secretion in North Moroccan goats
Chentouf, M.; El Amiri, B.; Sulon, Joseph et al.
2008In Reproduction in Domestic Animals, 43 (6), p. 696-700
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Abstract :
[en] The plasma profile of pregnancy-associated glycoprotein (PAG) and its relationship with fetal number were studied in 14 North Moroccan goats using a semi-heterologous radioimmunoassay (RIA). Peripheral blood was collected every day during the first month of pregnancy, afterward the blood samples were collected trice a week. The PAG were first detected at day 20 of pregnancy, their levels increase to week 8 of gestation then decrease slightly until parturition. Statistical differences between goats carrying one or two foetuses are observed from week 5 of pregnancy until parturition. Factorial Discriminant Analysis provides mathematical models for the discrimination between the litter size using the PAG level and the week of pregnancy. Using only one blood sample per week, high sensitivity, specificity and overall accuracy (74%, 88% and 81%) were obtained using these models. It is concluded that the PAG RIA is an effective tool for early diagnosis of pregnancy and for discrimination between the litter sizes in North Moroccan goats.
Disciplines :
Veterinary medicine & animal health
Author, co-author :
Chentouf, M.
El Amiri, B.
Sulon, Joseph ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de sciences fonctionnelles > Physiologie de la reproduction
Beckers, Jean-François  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de sciences fonctionnelles > Physiologie de la reproduction
Kirschvink, N.
Boulanouar, B.
Bister, J. L.
Language :
English
Title :
Pregnancy-associated glycoprotein secretion in North Moroccan goats
Publication date :
2008
Journal title :
Reproduction in Domestic Animals
ISSN :
0936-6768
eISSN :
1439-0531
Publisher :
Blackwell Publishing, Berlin, Germany
Volume :
43
Issue :
6
Pages :
696-700
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
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