The interaction between photoperiod and nutrition and its effects on seasonal rhythms of reproduction in the Ewe

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Menassol, Jean Baptiste ^a,b,c,d   Collet, Armelle ^a,b,c,d   Chesneau, Didier ^a,b,c,d   Malpaux, Benoît ^a,b,c,d   Scaramuzzi, Rex J ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^d IFCE   (France)

^e ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hypothalamus; Metabolism; Nutrition; Ovary; Photoperiod; Seasonal reproduction; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; EWE; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE RELEASE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY FUNCTION; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; ANIMAL; BLOOD; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; METABOLISM; OVARY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; SHEEP;

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; FEMALE; INSULIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OVARY; PHOTOPERIOD; PROGESTERONE; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SHEEP;

EID: 84860242528     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.111.092817     Document Type: Article

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