Evidence that Refractoriness to Long and Short Daylengths Regulates Seasonal Reproductive Transitions in Mediterranean Goats

Two experiments were performed to assess the role of refractoriness to long and short daylengths in the timing of seasonal reproductive transitions in Mediterranean Malagueña goats. In the first experiment, intact adult does were either maintained under natural photoperiod conditions (NP; n = 5) or exposed to a constant long day photoperiod (LD [ndash] 16 h light/day; n = 5) from June to December 2005. In the second experiment, does were maintained either under NP conditions (n = 5) or received a series of subcutaneous melatonin implants (MI) from December 2005 to June 2006 to mimic a short day signal (n = 5). In both experiments, ovulatory activity was assayed by determining progesterone concentrations in blood samples collected twice per week. The onset of seasonal ovulatory activity di…

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