Intermittent nutritional stimulus by short-term treatment of high-energy diet promotes ovarian performance together with increases in blood levels of glucose and insulin in cycling goats

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 122, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 288-293

  Zabuli, Jahid ^a,b,c   Tanaka, Tomomi ^a,b   Lu, Wengeng ^a,b   Kamomae, Hideo ^a,b  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KABUL UNIVERSITY   (Afghanistan)

Author keywords

Glucose; Goat; Insulin; Intermittent nutritional stimulus; Ovarian performance

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; INSULIN; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CALORIC INTAKE; DIET; ECHOGRAPHY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GOAT; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVULATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIET; ENERGY INTAKE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GOATS; INSULIN; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVARY; OVULATION; PROGESTERONE;

CAPRA HIRCUS; ZOYSIA JAPONICA;

EID: 78649816111     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2010.09.005     Document Type: Article

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