Browsing by Subject "placenta"
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(2015-08-06)Maternal nutrient intake and partitioning, uteroplacental blood flow, nutrient transporter activity, and fetoplacental metabolism mediate nutrient delivery to the fetus. Inadequate delivery of nutrients results in intrauterine ...
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(2018-08-06)In a previous study, administration of progesterone (P4) to ewes during the first 9 to 12 days of pregnancy has been shown to accelerate blastocyst development by Day 12 of pregnancy, likely due to P4-induced upregulation ...
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(2023-01-26)Congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV) is a leading cause of developmental disabilities in newborns. The guinea pig, with guinea pig CMV (GPCMV) infection, is the only small animal model for cCMV. GPCMV encodes functional ...
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(2021-07-09)First, we characterized the association between sire fertility and pregnancy loss in cattle. Bos Taurus beef cows had a large variance in pregnancy loss between days 24 and 31 of gestation (1.8 to 11.7%) and between days ...
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Metabolism of One-Carbon Units and Creatine in Uterine-Placental Tissues During Pregnancy in Sheep (2022-05-20)Early embryonic deaths and intrauterine growth restriction of fetuses are two major causes that limit the reproductive success of livestock. Both issues tie to the failure of proper transport of nutrients, gases, and ...