Pregnancy stage and number of fetuses may influence maternal plasma leptin in ewes

Acta Veterinaria Hungarica

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 221-234

  Kulcsár, Margit ^a   Dankó, Gabriella ^b   Magdy, H G I ^c   Reiczigel, J ^a   Forgach, T ^d   Proháczik, Angella ^a   Delavaud, Carole ^e   Magyar, K ^b   Chilliard, Y ^e   Solti, L ^a   Huszenicza, Gyula ^a  

^a SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^c NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTER   (Egypt)

^d National Research Institute for Radiobiology and Radiohygiene Budapest   (Hungary)

^e CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Ewe; Fetus; Leptin; Pregnancy; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; OVIS;

EID: 33745187583     PISSN: 02366290     EISSN: 15882705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/AVet.54.2006.2.9     Document Type: Article

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