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Actions of Tumor Necrosis Factor‐α on Oocyte Maturation and Embryonic Development in Cattle1
17 Oct 2003
Abstract excerpt
PROBLEM: Infertility can accompany mastitis in cattle. Involvement of tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) in this phenomenon is suggested by observations that circulating concentrations of TNF-alpha are elevated after intramammary infection or infusion of endotoxin. It was hypothesized that (1) TNF-alpha acts on the oocyte during maturation to decrease the percent of oocytes that cleave and develop following...
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