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Preovulatory follicle dynamics and ovulatory efficiency in sows with thrifty genotype and leptin resistance due to leptin receptor gene polymorphisms (Iberian pig).
General and comparative endocrinology - 1 Jan 2011
Gonzalez-Añover P, Encinas T, Sanz E, Letelier C A, Torres-Rovira L, de Mercado E, Pallares P, Sanchez-Sanchez R, Gonzalez-Bulnes A
Abstract excerpt
This study compares follicular function and ovulatory efficiency in 20 sows with obesity/leptin resistance genotype (Iberian pig) and 20 females of lean commercial crosses (Large White × Landrace; LW×L). Estrous cycle was synchronized with progestagens; ovulation was induced with eCG and hCG, in half of the females of each group, to determine its effect. In females of both breeds not treated with gonadotropins,...
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