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The effects of undernutrition, in utero, on reproductive function in adult male and female sheep
  The aim of this study was to determine the effects of maternal undernutrition during pregnancy on adult reproductive function in male and female offspring. Groups of ewes were fed rations providing either 100% (High, H) or 50% (Low, L) of estimated metabolisable energy (ME) requirements for pregnancy, from mating until day 95 of gestation, and thereafter were conventionally managed. At 20 months of age, {LH} and {FSH} profiles, and {LH} responses to exogenous GnRH were measured in male and female offspring and, in males, testicular responses to exogenous {LH} (as measured by testosterone concentrations) were also measured. Undernutrition had no effect on the mean birth weights of lambs of either sex, or on testicular size in male animals at either 6 weeks or 20 months of age. L males exhibited significantly higher {FSH} concentrations than H males (P

  • Type:

    Article

  • Date:

    02 May 2002

  • Publication Status:

    Published

  • DOI:

    10.1016/S0378-4320(02)00068-4

  • Cross Ref:

    S0378432002000684

  • ISSN:

    0378-4320

  • Library of Congress:

    QR Microbiology

  • Dewey Decimal Classification:

    636.089 Veterinary Medicine

Citation

Rae, M., Kyle, C., Miller, D., Hammond, A., Brooks, A., & Rhind, S. (2002). The effects of undernutrition, in utero, on reproductive function in adult male and female sheep. Animal Reproduction Science, 72(1-2), 63-71. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0378-4320%2802%2900068-4

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Keywords

Nutrition; Pregnancy; Ovulation rate; Semen quality

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