Mouse plasma progesterone level is affected by different dietary ù6/ù3 ratios

OLIVA L.L; SANTILLAN ME; RYAN LC; BIANCONI S; VINCENTI LM; MARTINI AC; PONZIO MF; STUTZ G

GEORG THIEME VERLAG KG

Año: 2014 vol. 46 p. 120 - 120

p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;">The chinchilla is a rodent that bears one of the finest and most valuable pelts in the world. The wild counterpart is, however, almost extinct because of a drastic past and ongoing population decline. The present work was developed to increase our knowledge of the reproductive physiology of pregnancy and post-partum estrus in the chinchilla, characterizing the endocrine patterns of urinary progesterone, estradiol, LH and cortisol metabolites throughout gestation and post-partum estrus and estimating the ovulation timing at post-partum estrus. Longitudinal urine samples were collected once per week throu