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Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports
1993; Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station contribution; no. 93-318-S; Report of progress (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service); 678; Beef; Beef cows; Lipid; Luteinizing hormone; Cholesterol; Reproduction
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Luteinizing Hormone Release And Plasma Metabolites In Mature, Ovariectomized Beef Cows Fed Various Lipid Diets, C.W. Peters, L.R. Corah, R.C. Cochran
Luteinizing Hormone Release And Plasma Metabolites In Mature, Ovariectomized Beef Cows Fed Various Lipid Diets, C.W. Peters, L.R. Corah, R.C. Cochran
Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports
Feeding rumen-escape lipid or soybean oil in a range supplement to beef cow resulted in elevated blood cholesterol and enhanced luteinizing hormone (LH) release compared to a control (milo and soybean meal) supplement. Cholesterol was elevated (P<.01) within 14 d of lipid feeding. The amplitude of each LH pulse and maximal pulse height were greater (P<.05) when cows were fed high-lipid diets. The positive influence of high-lipid diets on reproductive function may be explained in part by enhanced LH release.