Ovulation rate, embryo mortality and intrauterine growth retardation in obese swine with gene polymorphisms for leptin and melanocortin receptors

Theriogenology

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 34-41

  Gonzalez Anover P ^a   Encinas, T ^b   Torres Rovira, L ^c   Pallares, P ^c   Munoz Frutos J ^d   Gomez Izquierdo, E ^e   Sanchez Sanchez, R ^c   Gonzalez Bulnes, A ^c  

^a NUTEGA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c INIA   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO AGRARIO DE CASTILLA Y LEÓN   (Spain)

^e Pol Ind Los Arenales ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

Embryo; Obesity; Ovulation; Pigs; Prolificacy

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN RECEPTOR; MELANOCORTIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EMBRYO DEATH; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; NIDATION; OBESITY; ORGAN SIZE; OVULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SWINE; UTERUS;

ANIMALS; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYO LOSS; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; OBESITY; ORGAN SIZE; OVULATION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PREGNANCY; RECEPTORS, LEPTIN; RECEPTORS, MELANOCORTIN; SUS SCROFA; UTERUS;

ANIMALIA; PIERIS BRASSICAE; SUIDAE;

EID: 78649846571     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2010.07.009     Document Type: Article

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