Short-term nutritional supplementation of ewes in low body condition affects follicle development due to an increase in glucose and metabolic hormones

Reproduction

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 299-309

  Vinoles C ^a,b,d   Forsberg, M ^b   Martin, G B ^c   Cajaraville, C ^d   Repetto, J ^d   Meikle, A ^d  

^a Sch of Agric Emilia Vigil de Olmos   (Uruguay)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d Veterinary Faculty   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTENEDIONE; CLOPROSTENOL; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; LEPTIN; PROGESTERONE; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ANDROSTENEDIONE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BODY CONSTITUTION; CELL COUNT; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORN; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIET THERAPY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GRAIN; HORMONE METABOLISM; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LUTEAL PHASE; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVULATION INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; RANDOMIZATION; SHEEP; SOYBEAN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ULTRASOUND;

ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; INSULIN; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; LEPTIN; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVULATION; SHEEP; TIME FACTORS;

GLYCINE MAX; OVIS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 15844416186     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/rep.1.00536     Document Type: Article

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