Gonadotropin products are available for inducing estrus of gilts. A concern is a potential negative effect the inducer on farrowing performance. This study aimed to evaluate effects an estrus-inducing agent gilt productivity at commercial farm. total 60 gilts that had not shown more than 14 days were treated with inducer. Among these gilts, 51 exhibited and underwent artificial insemination. Ad...

Iodine deficiency disorders affect reproductive performance in the afflicted populations. Environmental iodine deficiency (ID) and goitrogens are important in their aetiology. We observed earlier that chronic maternal dietary ID but not goitrogen feeding altered the blood-brain barrier nutrient transport in adult rats. Whether similar differences exist in their effects on reproduction of dams a...

Understanding the role of diet in the physiological condition of adults during reproduction and hence its effect on reproductive performance is fundamental to understand reproductive strategies in long-lived animals. In birds, little is known about the influence of the quality of food consumed at the beginning of the reproductive period and its short-term effects on reproductive performance. To...