Enhanced or reduced fetal growth induced by embryo transfer into smaller or larger breeds alters post-natal growth and metabolism in pre-weaning horses.

Enhanced or reduced fetal growth induced by embryo transfer into smaller or larger breeds alters post-natal growth and metabolism in pre-weaning horses.

In equids, placentation is diffuse and nutrient supply to the fetus is determined by uterine size. This correlates with maternal size and affects intra-uterine development and subsequent post-natal growth, as well as insulin sensitivity in the newborn. Long-term effects remain to be described. In th...

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Main Authors: Pauline Peugnet, Laurence Wimel, Guy Duchamp, Charlotte Sandersen, Sylvaine Camous, Daniel Guillaume, Michèle Dahirel, Cédric Dubois, Luc Jouneau, Fabrice Reigner, Valérie Berthelot, Stéphane Chaffaux, Anne Tarrade, Didier Serteyn, Pascale Chavatte-Palmer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4090198?pdf=render

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