Maternal high-fat diet induces follicular atresia but does not affect fertility in adult rabbit offspring

Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 88-97

  Léveillé, Pauline ^a,b,c,d   Tarrade, Anne ^a,b,e   Dupont, Charlotte ^a,b,c,d   Larcher, Thibaut ^f   Dahirel, Michèle ^a,b,e   Poumerol, Elodie ^a,b   Cordier, Ann Gaël ^a,b,g   Picone, Olivier ^a,b   Mandon Pepin, Béatrice ^a,b   Jolivet, Geneviève ^a,b   Lévy, Rachel ^c,d   Chavatte Palmer, Pascale ^a,b,e  

^a INRA Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

^b ECOLE NATIONALE VÉTÉRINAIRE D ALFORT   (France)

^c Université Paris 13 Sorbonne Paris Cité Unité de Recherche en Epidémiologie Nutritionnelle ^*  (France)

^d HÔPITAL JEAN VERDIER   (France)

^e PremUP   (France)

^f INRA UMR 703   (France)

^g HÔPITAL ANTOINE BÉCLÈRE   (France)

Author keywords

follicles; high fat diet; ovary; rabbit; reproduction

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; FEMALE; FERTILITY; LIPID DIET; MATERNAL NUTRITION; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE ATRESIA; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; RABBIT;

ANIMALS; DIET, HIGH-FAT; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FOLLICULAR ATRESIA; OVARY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PRENATAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; RABBITS;

EID: 84902295090     PISSN: 20401744     EISSN: 20401752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S2040174414000014     Document Type: Article

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