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Veterinary Archives, Vol. 93 No. 6, 2023.

Review article

https://doi.org/10.24099/vet.arhiv.2020

Anti-Müllerian hormone: a new approach to fertility assessment in cattle – a review

Prakash Madhukar Kekan ; Department of Veterinary Physiology, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Parbhani –Maharashtra, India *
Alok Khemraj Wankar ; Department of Veterinary Physiology, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Parbhani –Maharashtra, India
Shailesh Dayaram Ingole ; Department of Veterinary Physiology, Bombay Veterinary College, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Sudhir Bapurao Daware ; Department of Veterinary Physiology, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Parbhani –Maharashtra, India
Vitthal Kundlikrao Munde ; Department of Animal Nutrition, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Parbhani –Maharashtra, India
Kakasaheb Kalyanrao Khose ; Department of Poultry Science, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Parbhani –Maharashtra, India

* Corresponding author.

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Abstract

The anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) enhances fertility in cattle and hence used as a fertility marker. AMH is produced by granulosa cells of all primordial, primary, secondary follicles, and antral follicles up to 4-5 mm diameter, whereas AMH production decreases once antral stage follicles reach the 4-5 mm stage. There is an individual variation in antral follicle count (AFC) and AMH concentration. One-time determination of AMH concentration will help predict the animals’ reproductive performance at the heifer stage. In turn, it will help to cull those animals with low reproductive potential. There is no significant fluctuation in the AMH concentration during the estrous cycle, and hence it can be determined at any stage of the estrous cycle. This review explores the potential of AMH as a fertility marker and its association with the antral follicle population (AFP) as AMH can be an effective segregative tool to screen low, average or high fertility future performance in cattle.

Keywords

anti-Müllerian hormone; antral follicle count; cattle; endocrine marker; fertility marker; müllerian inhibiting substance

Hrčak ID:

314172

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/314172

Publication date:

15.1.2024.

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