The study was carried out on 20 Surti buffaloes during their transient period maintained at the Livestock Research Station, Navsari Agricultural University, Navsari, Gujarat. These animals were divided into two groups of ten each. Buffaloes of group-I were treated with Inj. Vitamin E and Selenium (E-CARE Se) on 60th, 45th, 30thand 15thday before expected date of parturition and after parturition on 15th, 30thday, while buffaloes of group-II were treated with Inj. Normal Saline as placebo treatment IM. Blood samples were collected on similar days before injection as well as on the day of parturition, 45th and 60th days postpartum.
Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci (2018) 7(9): 1504-1512 International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences ISSN: 2319-7706 Volume Number 09 (2018) Journal homepage: http://www.ijcmas.com Original Research Article https://doi.org/10.20546/ijcmas.2018.709.180 Effect of Antioxidant Administration during Transient Period on Progesterone Profile in Surti Buffaloes L.C Modi1*, C.T Khasatiya1, Sandhya Chaudhary2, N.F Chaudhari1, C.F Chaudhari1 and Falguni Modi3 Department of Veterinary Gynaecology and Obstetrics, 2Department of Veterinary Physiology & Biochemistry, 3Department of Veterinary Pharmacology & Toxicology, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Navsari Agricultural University, Navsari, Gujarat-396450, India *Corresponding author ABSTRACT Keywords Antioxidant, Transient period, Progesterone, Buffaloes Article Info Accepted: 10 August 2018 Available Online: 10 September 2018 The study was carried out on 20 Surti buffaloes during their transient period maintained at the Livestock Research Station, Navsari Agricultural University, Navsari, Gujarat These animals were divided into two groups of ten each Buffaloes of group-I were treated with Inj Vitamin E and Selenium (E-CARE Se) on 60th, 45th, 30thand 15thday before expected date of parturition and after parturition on 15 th, 30thday, while buffaloes of group-II were treated with Inj Normal Saline as placebo treatment IM Blood samples were collected on similar days before injection as well as on the day of parturition, 45 th and 60th days postpartum The mean serum progesterone concentration did not differ significantly (p>0.05) at different days/phases interval in between treatment and control groups The overall (before parturition) mean serum progesterone in the treatment group were nonsignificantly (p>0.05) higher as compared to control group but overall (after parturition) it was found non-significantly (p>0.05) lower in treatment group as compared to control group, respectively Similarly, the mean serum progesterone did not differ significantly (p>0.05) in between pregnant &non-pregnant groups at different days interval except at 15th day after parturition it was significantly (p