Volume: 55 Issue: 4
Year: 2024, Page: 739-743, Doi: https://doi.org/10.51966/jvas.2024.55.4.739-743
Received: Aug. 22, 2024 Accepted: Nov. 23, 2024 Published: Dec. 31, 2024
Parturition involves a series of changes in the blood levels of various hormones. The present study aimed to
examine the concentrations of progesterone and 15-ketodihydroprostaglandin F2α or PGFM (prostaglandin F metabolite)
hormones on the day of delivery across different modes of whelping. Bitches that underwent vaginal whelping (VW)
(Group I), elective caesarean section (CS) (Group II), emergency CS (Group III) and mifepristone primed whelping
(Group IV) presented to University Veterinary Hospitals, Kokkalai and Mannuthy constituted the material for the
present study. The study enrolled a total of 28 bitches from different breeds. Serum progesterone was estimated using
a chemiluminescent immunoassay (CLIA) and serum PGFM was measured using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent
assay (ELISA). Progesterone levels were below 2.25 ng/mL in all groups, with Group I showing the lowest levels on the
day of whelping, significantly different from the other groups. Groups II, III and IV had similar progesterone levels on the
day of parturition/caesarean. Group I also had the highest PGFM level (89.10 ± 6.12 nM/L) on the day of whelping. Group
II had higher PGFM levels (33.00 ± 2.78 nM/L) compared to Group IV (20.94 ± 2.61 nM/L), while Groups III and IV had
similar PGFM levels. The significant hormonal variations observed in different groups signify the role of different modes
of whelping in modulating the endocrine axis and pregnancy outcome.
Keywords: Progesterone, PGFM, whelping mode
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