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This study was undertaken to investigate the effect of systemic or intrauterine injections of indomethacin, a known prostaglandin (PG) synthetase inhibitor, on peripheral plasma oxytocin-associated neurophysin (OT-N) concentrations in ewes over the time of expected luteolysis. In the first experiment, 9 ewes were given i.m. injections of indomethacin (4 mg/kg live weight, n = 4) or vehicle (n = 5) 3 times/day over Days 13-15 of the estrous cycle. Blood samples were collected at hourly intervals from 0700 h on Day 13 to 1800 h on Day 15 post-estrus. In the second experiment, indomethacin (20 mg, n = 5) or the injection vehicle (n = 4) was given twice daily into the uterine horn over Days 12-14 post-estrus. Blood samples were collected at hourly intervals from Day 12 to 14. In the third experiment, 4 additional ewes were bled at 5-min intervals from 1200 to 1600 h on Day 13 of the estrous cycle. Plasma samples were analyzed for OT-N and 13,14-dihydro-15-keto-prostaglandin F2 alpha (PGFM) to provide an indirect index for ovarian oxytocin and uterine prostaglandin F2 alpha release, respectively. Results from the first experiment indicated that surges in plasma OT-N concentrations occurred in the vehicle-treated ewes but were suppressed in ewes given systemic injections of indomethacin. Intrauterine indomethacin injections did not cause a significant reduction in the maximum peak height or number of peaks when compared with the control ewes. In the third experiment, there was a marked increase in plasma OT-N concentrations, but no significant rise in plasma PGFM concentrations in one ewe.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

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Effect of Systemic or Intrauterine Injections of Indomethacin on Plasma Oxytocin-Neurophysin Concentrations in Ewes Over the Time of Normal Corpus Luteum Regression1