Embryo yield and quality following dietary supplementation of beef heifers with n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA)

Theriogenology

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 992-1003

  Childs, S ^a,b   Carter, F ^b   Lynch, C O ^a,b   Sreenan, J M ^a   Lonergan, P ^b   Hennessy, A A ^c   Kenny, D A ^b  

^a TEAGASC   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c TEAGASC FOOD RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Embryo development; Gene expression; n 3 PUFA; Superovulation

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFECT; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LAVAGE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRODUCTIVITY; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SUPEROVULATION; UTERUS;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; EFFICIENCY; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; ESTRUS SYNCHRONIZATION; FATTY ACIDS; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IRRIGATION; QUALITY CONTROL; SUPEROVULATION; UTERUS;

ANIMALIA; HORDEUM;

EID: 50549094088     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2008.06.008     Document Type: Article

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