TY - T1 - Progesterone and Luteinizing hormone secretion patterns in early pregnant gilts SN - / UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10138/317769 T3 - A1 - Haen, Silke M.; Heinonen, Mari; Bjorkman, Stefan; Soede, Nicoline M.; Peltoniemi, Olli A.T. A2 - PB - Y1 - 2020 LA - eng AB - Abstract We studied luteinizing hormone (LH) pulsatility and episodic progesterone release of the corpus luteum (CL) on Day 11 and Day 21 in inseminated gilts and aimed to establish a relationship between these two hormones. Blood was collected at 15-minute intervals for 12 hours on Days 11, 16, and 21 from a vena cava caudalis catheter. At euthanasia eight gilts were pregnant and six gilts were not pregnant. Progesterone parameters (basal, mean, pulse frequency, and pulse amplitude) did not dif... VO - IS - SP - OP - KW - 413 Veterinary science; Corpus luteum; early pregnancy; gilt; luteinizing hormone; progesterone; ESTROUS-CYCLE; CORPORA-LUTEA; PLASMA PROGESTERONE; EMBRYO SURVIVAL; OVARIAN PROGESTERONE; PRIMIPAROUS SOWS; FEEDING LEVEL; BLOOD-FLOW; LH; GESTATION N1 - PP - ER -