EFFECT OF 6 - METHOXYBENZOXAZOLINONE (6-MBOA) ON PMSG IN INDUCING SUPER OVULATION IN BLACK BENGAL GOATS

Abstract

Adult, regularly cycling eight nonpregnant female black Bengal goats were pre-treated for ovarian hyperstimulation by oral progesterone for 1 O days and divided into two groups. The treatment group (Group - A) consisting of 5 animals were given 6-Methoxy-benzoxazolinone (6-MBOA) @ 1 mg/kg of body weight along with 500 IU PMSG and 500 IU of HCG by intramuscular injections against the control group (Group-B) consisting of 3 animals which received only PMSG and HCG similar to that of Group-A without 6-MBOA. The mean number of corpora lutea and Anovulatory follicles in Group-A were 11.30 + 1.16 and 1.7 +0.21 and in Groups they were 4.5 + 0.99. & 1.5 ± 0.22 respectively. The corpora lutea were significantly higher in Group-A where as the number of anovulatory follicles were evenly distributed in both the groups.