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Exogenous gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH) modulates scrotal and testicular biometrics, libido, endocrinological and heamatological profiles in Ganjam goat under humid tropical coastal ecosystem of Odisha
Authors: Jibanjyoti Nayak, Anil Kumar Nahak, Purna Chandra Mishra, Dillip Kumar Karna, Chinmoy Mishra, Perumal Ponraj
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Objective: To assess the effect of exogenous gonadotropin releasing
hormone (GnRH) in libido, scrotal and testicular biometrics,
endocrinological and heamatological profiles of Ganjam goat buck
during winter and pre-monsoon seasons.
Methods: Forty eight healty Ganjam goat bucks of 3-4 years old
were equally divided into the control and treatment groups. The
control group received distilled water as placebo, while the treatment
group received GnRH injection (4 µg Buserelin acetate/mL) once
a week for four months. Body weight, scrotal circumference and
testicular parameters (testicular volume, testicular weight and testis
index), endocrinological profiles [follicle stimulating hormone
(FSH), luteinizing hormone (LH), and testosterone], sex behavioural
profiles (libido score, mating ability score, and sex behavioural
score) and heamatological profiles (red blood cells, white blood
cells, haemoglobin, and packed cell volume) were estimated.
Results: The libido, scrotal and testicular biometrics, and
endocrinological profiles significantly differed between the control
and GnRH-treated bucks within and between the seasons within the
two groups (P<0.05). Body weight, scrotal circumference, testicular
volume, testicular weight, testis index, FSH, LH, testosterone,
libido score, mating ability score, sex behavioural score, red blood
cells, haemoglobin and packed cell volume were significantly
higher in the GnRH-treated bucks compared to the control bucks
in pre-monsoon and winter seasons (P<0.05). Body weight,
scrotal circumference, testicular volume, testicular weight, testis
index, FSH, LH, testosterone, libido score, mating ability score,
sex behavioural score, red blood cell counts (in treatment), and
haemoglobin were significantly higher in pre-monsoon compared
to winter season in the experimental groups (P<0.05). The white
blood cell counts neither differed between seasons nor between
the two groups.
Conclusions: Exogenous GnRH supplementation and pre-
monsoon season have higher beneficial effects in improvement
of endocrinological profiles with cascading beneficial effects on
scrotal circumference, testicular volume, testicular weight, and
sex behavioural profiles, which in turn will improve the sperm
production and its cryo-survivability and fertility rate in Ganjam
goat.