Overcoming neuroendocrine and metabolic barriers to puberty: the role of melatonin in advancing puberty in ewe lambs

KR Pool, JP Rickard, SP de Graaf - Domestic Animal Endocrinology, 2020 - Elsevier
Pubertal onset in the ewe is subject to a multitude of physiological and environmental
constraints. As seasonal breeders, sheep rely on decreasing photoperiod to enter puberty …

The kiss-1-kisspeptin-gpr54 complex: a critical modulator of GnRH neurons during pubertal activation

CA Meza-Herrera, FG Veliz-Deras, M Wurzinger… - Journal of Applied …, 2010 - Elsevier
Establishment of the hypothalamic-hypophyseal-gonadal function is dependent on the
highly controlled and dynamic interactions between regulatory signals from the brain …

The Intervention of Islamic Religious Education Teachers in Puberty Assistance: NVIVO Analysis

A Faqihuddin, A Muflih, I Syarifudin… - Educative: Jurnal …, 2024 - publikasi.abidan.org
This research explores the role of Islamic Religious Education (PAI) teachers in
accompanying students during puberty, a critical transition phase in the lives of Muslim …

Genome-wide analysis on the landscape of transcriptomes and their relationship with DNA methylomes in the hypothalamus reveals genes related to sexual precocity …

F Su, X Guo, Y Wang, Y Wang, G Cao… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
The Jining Gray goat is famous for its sexual precocity; however, the exact regulatory
mechanism is still unknown. The hypothalamus is the key centrum in the process of animal …

[PDF][PDF] Interface between nutrition and reproduction: the very basis of production

CA Meza-Herrera, M Tena-Sempere - Animal reproduction in …, 2012 - researchgate.net
Nutrition level affects the metabolic status of animals thereby influencing reproduction fitness
and, finally, production outcomes as well as the sustainability of any animal production …

Influences of melatonin treatment, melatonin receptor 1A (MTNR1A) and kisspeptin (KiSS-1) gene polymorphisms on first conception in Sarda ewe lambs

S Luridiana, MC Mura, C Daga, G Cosso… - Reproduction …, 2016 - CSIRO Publishing
In order to investigate if the melatonin receptor 1A (MTNR1A) and kisspeptin (KiSS-1) genes
influence the reproductive response to melatonin treatment, 510 Sarda ewe lambs were …

Short-term beta-carotene-supplementation positively affects ovarian activity and serum insulin concentrations in a goat model

CA Meza-Herrera, F Vargas-Beltran… - Journal of …, 2013 - Springer
In early October 2010, adult goats (no.= 22, 3.5 yr old, 7/8 Sannen-Alpine, 26° N, 103° W, at
1117 m), were randomly assigned to: i) beta-carotene group (BC)[no.= 10; live weight (LW) …

Glutamate supply positively affects serum release of triiodothyronine and insulin across time without increases of glucose during the onset of puberty in female goats

CA Meza-Herrera, M Torres-Moreno… - Animal Reproduction …, 2011 - Elsevier
The current study evaluated the effect of glutamate supply on the onset of puberty and
possible links to changes in serum concentrations of insulin [INS], glucose [GLU] and …

Effect of nutritional supplementation upon pregnancy rates of goats under semiarid rangelands and exposed to the male effect

J Urrutia-Morales, CA Meza-Herrera… - Tropical Animal Health …, 2012 - Springer
The aim of this study was to evaluate possible effects of improved protein and energy diet
upon reproductive outcomes of adult goats under marginal rangeland grazing conditions …

Effect of social rank upon estrus induction and some reproductive outcomes in anestrus goats treated with progesterone+ eCG

S Zuñiga-Garcia, CA Meza-Herrera… - Animals, 2020 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The potential effect of social rank [R](high—HSR; medium—MSR; low—
LSR) in anestrus goats subjected to an estrus induction protocol (EIP) primed with …