Select nutrients in the uterine lumen of sheep and pigs affect conceptus development

Journal of Reproduction and Development

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 180-188

  Bazer, Fuller W ^a,b   Kim, Jinyoung ^b   Ka, Hakhyun ^c   Johnson, Gregory A ^a   Wu, Guoyao ^a   Song, Gwonhwa ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c Yonsei University Wonju   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Fructose; Glucose; Uterus conceptus development

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO MEMBRANE; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REVIEW; SECRETION (PROCESS); SHEEP; SWINE; UTERUS;

ANIMALS; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; ENDOMETRIUM; EXTRAEMBRYONIC MEMBRANES; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY MAINTENANCE; SHEEP, DOMESTIC; SUS SCROFA; UTERUS;

MAMMALIA; OVIS ARIES; SUIDAE; SUS;

EID: 84861217232     PISSN: 09168818     EISSN: 13484400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1262/jrd.2011-019     Document Type: Review

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