Exacerbated conceptus signaling does not favor establishment of pregnancy in beef cattle

Abstract Background Insufficient production of anti-luteolytic signals by the pre-attachment embryo is considered a major cause of pregnancy failure in cattle. We tested the hypothesis that transfer of multiple blastocysts (n = 5/recipient) and progesterone (P4) supplementation amplify anti-luteolyt...

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Main Authors: T. Martins, M. Sponchiado, O. A. Ojeda-Rojas, A. M. Gonella-Diaza, E. O. S. Batista, B. O. Cardoso, C. C. Rocha, A. C. Basso, M. Binelli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-12-01
Series:Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40104-018-0302-9