Feeding soybean meal increases the blood level of isoflavones and reduces the steroidogenic capacity in bovine corpora lutea, without affecting peripheral progesterone concentrations

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 144, Issue 3-4, 2014, Pages 79-89

  Cools, S ^a   Van den Broeck, W ^a   Vanhaecke, L ^a   Heyerick, A ^a   Bossaert, P ^b   Hostens, M ^a   Opsomer, G ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Corpus luteum; Dairy cow; Isoflavones; Progesterone; Soy bean meal

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOVINAE; BRASSICA NAPUS; FRIESIA; GLYCINE MAX;

ISOFLAVONE DERIVATIVE; PROGESTERONE; SEX HORMONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD; CATTLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM; DAIRY CATTLE; FEMALE; LACTATION; METABOLISM; MILK; PREGNANCY; PUERPERIUM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOY BEAN MEAL; SOYBEAN;

CORPUS LUTEUM; DAIRY COW; ISOFLAVONES; PROGESTERONE; SOY BEAN MEAL;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CORPUS LUTEUM; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; ISOFLAVONES; LACTATION; MILK; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE; SOYBEANS;

EID: 84892863595     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2013.12.008     Document Type: Article

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