Dietary supplementation with safflower seeds differing in fatty acid composition differentially influences serum concentrations of prostaglandin F metabolite in postpartum beef cows

Reproduction Nutrition Development

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 721-727

  Grant, Mark H J ^a   Alexander, Brenda M ^a   Hess, Bret W ^a   Bottger, Jeff D ^a   Hixon, Doug L ^a   Van Kirk, Edward A ^a   Nett, Terry M ^b   Moss, Gary E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Beef cows; Lipid supplementation; Prostaglandin

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; LINOLEIC ACID; OLEIC ACID; PROSTAGLANDIN F; SAFFLOWER OIL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEET; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORN; COW; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ESTRUS CYCLE; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; LIPID COMPOSITION; MULTIPARA; NONHUMAN; PLANT SEED; PROSTAGLANDIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHESIS; PUERPERIUM; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SAFFLOWER; SOYBEAN;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; CARTHAMUS TINCTORIUS; CATTLE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DINOPROST; FATTY ACIDS; FEMALE; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SEEDS;

ANIMALIA; BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS; CARTHAMUS TINCTORIUS; GLYCINE MAX; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 29544448454     PISSN: 09265287     EISSN: 12979708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/rnd:2005056     Document Type: Article

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