Twelve growing Shami heifers available in Dier-Al-Hajar Station for
improving Shami Cattle weighing 115±3 kg and 178±4 days old were used to
determine the weekly hormonal concentrations of progesterone (P4) and
estradiol 17-β (E2) during the pre-
and puberty stages (6-14 mos). Blood
samples were collected weekly from the Jugular vein using vacutainer tubes
supported with K3EDTA.
Twelve growing Shami heifers available in Dier-Al-Hajar Station for
improving Shami Cattle weighing 115±3 kg and 178±4 days old were used to
monitor the daily growth of ovarian follicles (daily numbers, size, length and
number of waves, rate of gr
owth and regression) using Transrectal Ultrasound
Echo System (7.5 MHz probe) in 6-14 months-old heifers. Results indicated that
ovarian follicles developed in a wave pattern in all Shami heifers when they
were 6 months old and no significant differences in the number and size of
ovarian follicles were found between right and left ovaries. A cohort of 4 to 7
small follicles with a diameter 2-5 mm developed together and one of them was
selected for continual growth, became dominant and later regressed during the
pre-pubertal stage.
This study was carried out at Camel Research Station, Deer Al-Hajar,
Directorate of Animal Wealth Research, General Commission of Agricultural
Scientific Research to measure the testicular dimensions, TDs (Length, TL;
width, TW; Circumference, TC)
; the relationship between these parameters
and to use them as an indicator to determine the puberty age in Shami camel
males. Twenty five camel raised in the station were equally divided, according
to their age, into five groups: G1, almost one year,G2, G3, G4, and G5 were 2,
3, 4 and 5 years old, respectively.
