A preliminary report on the effect of dietary energy on prostaglandin F(2α) production in vitro, interferon-tau synthesis by the conceptus, endometrial progesterone concentration on days 9 and 15 of pregnancy and associated rates of embryo wastage in ewes

Theriogenology

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1203-1213

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Embryo; Ewe; Interferon tau; Prostaglandin

Indexed keywords

INTERFERON; PLACENTA PROTEIN; PROGESTERONE; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA; TAU INTERFERON; TROPHOBLAST PROTEIN 1;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD; BREEDING; CORPUS LUTEUM; DIET; EMBRYO; EMBRYO MORTALITY; EMBRYOLOGY; ENDOMETRIUM; ENERGY; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; OVULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHESIS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; CORPUS LUTEUM; DINOPROST; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; ENDOMETRIUM; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; GESTATIONAL AGE; INTERFERON TYPE I; OVULATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY PROTEINS; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; PROGESTERONE; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

EID: 0033231577     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(99)00212-5     Document Type: Article

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