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Glucocorticoids in Mammary Secretions and Blood Serum during Reproduction and Lactation and Distributions of Glucocorticoids, Progesterone, and Estrogens in Fractions of Milk¹

Animal Reproduction Laboratory, Department of Dairy Science, Michigan State University, East Lansing 48824

ABSTRACT

Concentrations of glucocorticoids were measured in milk and blood serum during the estrous cycle, prepartum, parturition, postpartum, and early and late lactation. Glucocorticoids in milk did not change during the estrous cycle, averaging .35 ng/ml whereas they averaged .50 ng/ml prepartum, 3.08 ng/ ml at parturition, and .50 ng/ml 1 wk postpartum. Glucocorticoids in milk declined from .59 ng/ml to .25 ng/ml as lactation advanced from 1 to 10 mo. Concentrations of glucocorticoids in blood serum were approximately 8 to 10 ng/ml during all reproductive states. There was no positive relationship between percentage of milk fat and concentrations of glucocorticoids in milk. Cortisol was the predominant glucocorticoid in serum; in milk corticosterone concentrations exceeded those of Cortisol. Glucocorticoids, being more polar, had higher affinity for the nonlipid portion of milk; in contrast, progesterrone, estradiol 17ß, and estrone were located predominantly in the lipid fraction of milk.

¹ Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station Journal Article No. 8316. This research was supported in part by USPHS Grants FD00706 and HD05750.

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