TY-JOURA2HaglundAU-SankarAU-ArchunanGPY - 2011 DA - 2011/10/25 TI - Gas Chromatographic/Mass Spectrometric Analysis of Volatile Metabolites in Bovine Vaginal Fluid and Assessment of Their Bioactivity SP - 256106 VL - 2011 AB - The chemical profiles of vaginal fluid collected from cows in oestrus and nonoestrus were analysed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) to establish any qualitative differences that might have potential value in bovine biocommunication.八种不同的有机化合物使用两色谱检测The chemical profiles of oestrus vaginal fluid were distinguished significantly by the presence of three specific substances, namely, trimethylamine, acetic acid, and propionic acid that were not present in nonoestrus phase.The oestrus specific synthetic compounds were rubbed onto the genital region of nonoestrus animals (dummy cows), and the bulls were allowed to sniff the genital region and observed sexual behaviours.统计意义更高 P级 < 0.001 公牛展示复用flehmen并增加对乙酸、丙酸和三甲基胺混合行为得出的结论是牛阴道流体中的挥发性物质可能起化学通信作用SN-1687-8760UR-https://doi.org/101155/2011/256106DO-10.1155/2011/256106JF-国际分析化学杂志PB-Hindawi出版公司KW-ER