A Preliminary Study on the Effects of Dietary Energy and Melatonin on the Ex Vivo Production of Progesterone and Prostaglandin F2α by the Corpora Lutea and Endometrial Tissue of Ewes

Veterinary Research Communications

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 115-121

  Abecia, J A ^a   Lozano, J M ^a   Forcada, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Corpus luteum; Endometrium; Melatonin; Nutrition; Progesterone; Prostaglandin; Sheep

Indexed keywords

OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

MELATONIN; PROGESTERONE; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BODY WEIGHT; CORPUS LUTEUM; DRUG EFFECT; ENDOMETRIUM; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; METABOLISM; OVULATION; RANDOMIZATION; SHEEP;

ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CORPUS LUTEUM; DINOPROST; ENDOMETRIUM; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; MELATONIN; OVULATION; PROGESTERONE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SHEEP;

EID: 0033089972     PISSN: 01657380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006206519001     Document Type: Article

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