A review of the effects of supplementary nutrition in the ewe on the concentrations of reproductive and metabolic hormones and the mechanisms that regulate folliculogenesis and ovulation rate

Reproduction Nutrition Development

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 339-354

  Scaramuzzi, Rex J ^a   Campbell, Bruce K ^b   Downing, Jeff A ^c   Kendall, Nigel R ^b   Khalid, Muhammad ^a   Muñoz Gutiérrez, Minerva ^d   Somchit, Anongnart ^a  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

FSH; Glucose; IGF I; Insulin; Leptin; Oestradiol

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; GLUCOSE; GROWTH HORMONE; INSULIN; LEPTIN;

CONFERENCE PAPER; ESTRUS CYCLE; FLUSHING; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVULATION; SUPPLEMENTATION;

ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; ENERGY METABOLISM; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE; INSULIN; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; LEPTIN; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVULATION; REPRODUCTION; SHEEP;

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EID: 33748273072     PISSN: 09265287     EISSN: 12979708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/rnd:2006016     Document Type: Conference Paper

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