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This study examined the effects of live mass on ovarian follicular dynamics in heifers before and after the onset of nutritional anoestrus. The effects of decreased live mass on secretion of progesterone, LH and FSH were also investigated. Ovarian characteristics were monitored in 16 postpubertal Brahman heifers using daily transrectal ultrasonography. After two normal oestrous cycles, 11 heifers (treatment group) were allocated to a restricted diet, until the cessation of their oestrous cycles, that resulted in a decrease in live mass of 0.8 kg day-1. Heifers were then fed an ad libitum diet, resulting in increasing live mass until resumption of oestrous cycles. Five heifers (control group) were fed an unrestricted diet throughout the experimental period. The concentrations of progesterone in plasma were monitored twice a week and the concentrations of LH and FSH were determined on day 6 after ovulation, before initiation of dietary restriction, after a 17% decrease in live mass and after the onset of anoestrus in the treatment group. Onset of anoestrus was preceded by linear decreases in the size of ovarian follicles and corpora lutea, and in the persistence of the first dominant follicles of oestrous cycles. These changes were proportional to the decrease in live mass (P &lt; 0.001). The frequency of pulses of LH or mean concentration of FSH on day 6 of the oestrous cycle were not changed after a 17% decrease in live mass, and did not increase following the onset of anoestrus, although concentrations of progesterone were &lt; 0.2 ng ml-1, suggesting that release of LH was suppressed at this time.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

Sequential changes in ovarian follicular dynamics in Bos indicus heifers before and after nutritional anoestrus