Determination of Rhythmicity and Gestational Stage-Related Distribution of Blood Plasma Melatonin Concentrations in Donkey Mares

Harmat, Levente [Harmat, Levente (állatorvosi tudom...), author] University of Veterinary Medicine Budapest; Nagy, János; Somoskői, Bence [Somoskői, Bence (szaporodásbiológi...), author] Department of Obstetrics and Food Animal Medici... (ÁTE / KTI); Alpár, Alán [Alpár, Alán (Anatómia), author] Anatómiai, Szövet- és Fejlődéstani Intézet (SU / FM / I); MTA-SE-NAP B Research Group of Experimental Neu... (SU / FM / I / ASZFI_2016); Fekete, Sándor György [Fekete, Sándor György (Laborállat-tudomány), author] Állattenyésztési, takarmányozástani és laboráll... (ÁTE); Gáspárdy, András ✉ [Gáspárdy, András (Állattenyésztés), author] Állattenyésztési, takarmányozástani és laboráll... (ÁTE)

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Published: VETERINARY SCIENCES 2306-7381 2306-7381 11 (7) Paper: 310 , 11 p. 2024
  • SJR Scopus - Veterinary (miscellaneous): Q1
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Fundings:
  • Strategic Research Fund(SRF-001) Funder: UVMB
  • (TKP-EGA-25)
  • Hungarian Brain Research Program(2017-1.2.1-NKP-2017-00002)
The aim of this study is to obtain a more complete picture of blood plasma melatonin concentrations in the donkey mares. To this purpose, sampling and statistical processing were carried out in such a way that allowed the researchers to establish the annual and daily rhythms. Based on human observations, according to the hypothesis of the authors, the blood plasma melatonin concentration of pregnant individuals rises during the late gestational period, before parturition. To confirm this, the melatonin concentrations of pregnant and non-pregnant jennies were monitored and compared. In regard to the circannual rhythm, the significantly lowest midnight melatonin value (27.67 pg mL–1) was typical for the summer solstice. Under consideration of circadian changes, a significantly strongest melatonin production (45.16 pg mL–1) was observed on the night of the winter solstice (p < 0.001). Considering gestational age, the blood plasma melatonin concentration (around 38 pg mL–1) does not change as gestation progresses (p = 0.136). The results obtained in this studied population of the domestic ass usefully expand the little knowledge previously gathered about the development of the blood plasma melatonin concentrations of this species.
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