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The pattern of change in plasma progesterone and LH concentrations was monitored in Clun Forest ewes at a natural oestrus and compared to that observed after removal of progesterone implants. The rate of decline in plasma progesterone concentrations after implant withdrawal (1.8 +/- 0.2 ng/ml h-1) was significantly greater (P less than 0.001) than that observed at natural luteolysis (0.2 +/- 0.1 ng/ml h-1), and this resulted in an abnormal pattern of change in tonic LH secretion up to the time of the preovulatory LH surge. This more rapid rate of progesterone removal was also associated with a shortening of the intervals from the time that progesterone concentrations attained basal values to the onset of oestrus (P less than 0.05) and the onset of the preovulatory LH surge (P less than 0.01). However, there were no significant differences in the duration of the LH peak, preovulatory peak LH concentration, ovulation rate or the pattern of progesterone concentrations in the subsequent cycle. It is suggested that the abnormal patterns of change in progesterone and tonic LH concentrations may be one factor involved in the impairment of sperm transport and abnormal patterns of oestradiol secretion known to occur at a synchronized oestrus.

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Comparison of the rate of decline in plasma progesterone concentrations at a natural and progesterone-synchronized oestrus and its effect on tonic LH secretion in the ewe