Philippe Chemineau

Physiologie de la Reproduction et des Comportements

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Benoît Malpaux

Physiologie de la Reproduction et des Comportements

J.A. Delgadillo

Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro

Matthieu Keller

Physiologie de la Reproduction et des Comportements

B. Malpaux

Université de Tours

Didier Chesneau

Physiologie de la Reproduction et des Comportements

J.A. Abecia

Universidad de Zaragoza

Loýs Bodin

Génétique Physiologie et Systèmes d'Elevage

H. Hernández

Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro

Jacques Thimonier

École Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture Montpellier

Martine Migaud

Physiologie de la Reproduction et des Comportements

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Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement

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Physiologie de la Reproduction et des Comportements

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Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique

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Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

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Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique du Niger

Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro

Biologie des Oiseaux et Aviculture

Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement

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Male‐induced early puberty correlates with the maturation of arcuate nucleus kisspeptin neurons in does

Journal of Neuroendocrinology (2023)

Maxime A. Meunier C. Porte Kévin Poissenot H. L. Vacher Morgane Brachet

In goats, early exposure of spring-born females to sexually active bucks induces an early puberty onset assessed by the first ovulation. This effect is found when females are continuously exposed well before the male breeding season starting in September. The first aim of this study was to evaluate whether a shortened exposure of females to males could also lead to early puberty. We assessed the onset of puberty in Alpine does isolated from bucks (ISOL), exposed to wethers (CAS), exposed to intact bucks from the end of June (INT1), or mid-August (INT2). Intact bucks became sexually active in mid-September. At the beginning of October, 100% of INT1 and 90% of INT2 exposed does ovulated, in contrast to the ISOL (0%) and CAS (20%) groups. This demonstrated that contact with males that become sexually active is the main factor prompting precocious puberty in females. Furthermore, a reduced male exposure during a short window before the breeding season is sufficient to induce this phenomenon. The second aim was to investigate the neuroendocrine changes induced by male exposure. We found a significant increase in kisspeptin immunoreactivity (fiber density and number of cell bodies) in the caudal part of the arcuate nucleus of INT1 and INT2 exposed females. Thus, our results suggest that sensory stimuli from sexually active bucks (e.g., chemosignals) may trigger an early maturation of the ARC kisspeptin neuronal network leading to gonadotropin-releasing hormone secretion and first ovulation.

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10.1111/jne.13284

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Hair from sexually active bucks strongly activates olfactory sensory inputs but fails to trigger early first ovulation in prepubescent does

Physiology & Behavior (2024)

Maxime A. Meunier C. Porte H. L. Vacher Elliott Trives Thiago S. Nakahara