Effect of feeding level on luteal function and progesterone concentration in the vena cava during early pregnancy in gilts

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 531-538

  Athorn, R Z ^a   Stott, P ^a   Bouwman, E G ^b   Chen, T Y ^a   Kennaway, D J ^c   Langendijk, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

embryo survival; local progesterone circulation; systemic progesterone

Indexed keywords

PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CAVA VEIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EXPERIMENTAL PIG; FEEDING; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GILT (SWINE); HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; NONHUMAN; OVARY FUNCTION; OVULATION; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; PROGESTERONE RELEASE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, INBRED STRAINS; CALORIC RESTRICTION; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; CORPUS LUTEUM; DIET; ECTOGENESIS; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYO LOSS; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; LUTEINIZATION; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY MAINTENANCE; PROGESTERONE; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; SUS SCROFA; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 84871669265     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: 14485990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD11295     Document Type: Article

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