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The concentration of progesterone was measured by radioimmunoassay of plasma samples collected frequently from the jugular vein from day 0 to day 75.","Concentration of progesterone in the plasma of all animals was less than 1.0 nanogram/milliliter (ng/ml) until day 3 after first mating then increased to a maximum concentration at 8.5 ng/ml. Concentration of progesterone declined to 5.0 ng/ml by day 35 irrespective of numbers of CL although concentration of progesterone had been positively related to the number of CL from day 7 to day 25.","Removal of an ovary with no CL did not reduce progesterone but removal of an ovary with CL decreased concentration of progesterone for 3 days. Concentration of progesterone rebounded in 3 days to that before unilateral ovariectomy indicating that there was a compensating mechanism functioning at day 45. Although removal of a greater proportion of the total number of CL resulted in a greater decrease in progesterone, there was no relationship between number of CL and concentration of progesterone from day 45 to day 75.","Concentration of progesterone was not affected by number of fetuses provided 1 live fetus was present. Removal or death of all fetuses resulted in pseudopregnancy. Pseudopregnancy was characterized by persistent CL in the absence of a fetus and decreased progesterone from day 45 to day 75. The goat fetal-placental unit was found to be luteotrophic between day 45 and 75 based on greater concentrations of progesterone in pregnant compared to pseudopregnant goats.","Made available in DSpace on 2011-05-07T14:07:25Z (GMT). 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