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Cloprostenol
sodium is a synthetic analogue of dinoprost
(prostaglandin F2a).
It is used as
a luteolytic agent in veterinary medicine.
Many
dairy producers are using cloprostenol
to shorten cycle or induce cows to come into
heat.
Until recently prostaglangins were only used at
herdcheck when the veterinarian palpated a corpus luteum
(CL) present on the ovary of a cow open beyond the
desired breeding time or 50 plus days in milk. The
prostaglandin products Lutalyse® (UpJohn
Co.), Bovilene® (Syntex Animal Health),
and Estrumate® (Miles, Inc.) are equally
effective and all are highly luteolytic (will regress a
CL) when administered to cycling heifers which have a
functional CL (days 6 to 18 of a heat cycle).
Cloprostenol can help animal producers improve
production efficiency and economic returns.

Pharmacology
The
injection of cloprostenol initiates luteolysis with
subsequent heat and ovulation. Following intramuscular
administration of 0.5mg and 10mg of [14C]cloprostenol to
cows urinary excretion accounted for 58.2% and 56.3% of
the dose respectively. Unchanged cloprostenol and its
tetranor acid, probably formed by beta-oxidation, were
the major components identified in urine1.
For
use in beef cows and heifers for estrous
synchronization, cloprostenol acts by rapidly regressing
the CL on the ovaries of cycling females in Days 6 to 16
of their estrous cycles. The injection decreases the
function of the corpus luteum, which allows these
females to return to estrus within 2 to 5 days and
synchronizes their estrous cycles. Females in Days 17 to
20 will be in estrus normally within 1 to 4 days and
also will be synchronized2.
Trials
have shown that normally 95% of animals will commence
farrowing within 36 hours of treatment. The majority of
animals can be expected to respond within the period 24(±5)
hours following injection, except in those cases where
spontaneous farrowing is imminent3.
Applications
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Treatment
of sub Estrus
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Induction
of parturition4
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Termination
of abnormal and normal pregnancy5
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Treatment
of chronic bovine endometritis and ovarian luteal cysts6
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Estrous
Synchronization for Dairy Cattle (Bovilene®,
Estrumate®,
Lutalyse®
etc.)
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Farrowing Synchronization on commercial swine
(Planate®)
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Sales
to countries without patent issues only ※
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Specs
are available upon request ※
Proprietary
Name
Estrumate®,
Planate®, Bovilene®,
Heifex®, Azlum®
References
1.Bourne
GR, et al., Biomed Mass Spectrom 1980; 7(5):226-30
2.Cooper
MJ, Acta Vet Scand Suppl, 1981; 77:171-9
3.Kostov L, et al., Vet Med
Nauki, 1979;
16(3):63-70
4.Musah AI, et al., Biol Reprod 1987; 37(4):797-803
5.Van
Leeuwen W, et al., Vet Q, 1983; 5(3):97-100
6.Sheldon
IM. and Noakes DE., Vet Rec 1998; 142(21):575-9
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