1. The enzyme fraction obtained from the pH5 enzyme of non-lactating bovine mammary gland between 40 and 100% ammonium sulphate saturation markedly inhibited the AMP-incorporating activity of rat liver nucleotide-incorporating enzyme. This inhibitory effect has been attributed to high nuclease activity which can be partially removed by adsorption of the enzyme fraction on to calcium phosphate g...

Introduction: Gonadotropin inhibitory hormone (GnIH) is believed to be an inhibitor of gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH) secretion. The role of GnIH in lactational inhibition of gonadotropin secretion is not well known therefore, the aim of the present study was to evaluate the effect of lactation on expression of GnIH in these nuclei of lactating and non-lactating rats. Methods: Ten po...

Female fertility is essential to any beef breeding program. However, little genetic gain has been made due long generation intervals and low levels of phenotyping. Days calving (DC) a trait that may provide lead an increased weaning rate. Genetic parameters correlations were estimated compared for DC across multiple joinings (first, second third+) lactation status (lactating non-lactating) trop...

in this investigation 13699 data related to milk production from 2716 holstein first calving and daughter from 167 sire cows were analyzed based on random regression model (rr/cf) and reml method incomplete lactating (5-90 days) and (5-120 days) in correlations to complete lactating were 0.67 and 0.72, respectively with progress in complete 5-240 day was 0.91 the correlation value for lactating...

The mechanism responsible for the insulin resistance described in vivo in brown adipose tissue (BAT) of lactating rats was investigated. The effect of insulin on glucose metabolism was studied on isolated brown adipocytes of non-lactating and lactating rats. Insulin stimulation of total glucose metabolism is 50% less in brown adipocytes from lactating than from non-lactating rats. This reflects...

Fatty acid synthetase has been purified from lactating rat mammary gland and some of its physical and kinetic properties studied. This synthetase is an asymmetrical multienzyme complex of molecular weight 478,000 which readily dissociates into approximately half-molecular weight subunits. The sedimentation and diffusion coefficients of the native enzyme are 12.9 set X lo-l3 and 2.56 cm2 se@ X l...

The representation of the surfaces of the trunk was mapped in detail in a series of anesthetized adult female rats to assess cortical representational changes that might be induced in the SI cortical field by a major natural source of a differentially heavy schedule of tactile inputs: the stimulation of the rat ventrum in nursing behavior. Controls included virgin rats and postpartum age-matche...