Progesterone suppresses uterine immune defenses and predisposes postpartum animals to
nonspecific uterine infections. Progesterone can also suppress uterine eicosanoid …

Postpartum uterine infections reduce reproductive efficiency and have significant animal
welfare and economic consequences. Postpartum uterine infections are classified as …

The anorexigenic and orexigenic hormones leptin and ghrelin act in opposition to one
another. When leptin signaling is reduced, as in the Zucker fatty rat, or when circulating …

Evidence suggests that the adipocyte-derived hormone resistin (RSTN) directly regulates
both feeding and peripheral metabolism through, so far, undefined hypothalamic-mediated …

Intrauterine insemination by laparoscopy is required to achieve acceptable lambing rates in
ewes when using frozen semen but the procedure has evoked welfare concerns. Oxytocin …

Hormone potency depends on receptor availability, regulated via gene expression and
receptor trafficking. To ascertain how central leptin receptors are regulated, the effects of …

Background Energy homeostasis is regulated by the hypothalamus but fails when animals
are fed a high-fat diet (HFD), and leptin insensitivity and obesity develops. To elucidate the …

Leucocyte changes after insemination may affect conceptus implantation, but information
regarding leucocyte populations in the ruminant reproductive tract is limited. The present …

Interleukin-8 (IL-8 or CXCL8) is a highly selective pro-inflammatory chemokine, that is
elevated in sera of humans and animals with various inflammatory diseases. CXCL8 is …

In species where semen is deposited in the vagina, the cervix has the unique function of
facilitating progress of spermatozoa towards the site of fertilisation while also preventing the …