Heat stress can have large effects on most aspects of reproductive function in mammals.
These include disruptions in spermatogenesis and oocyte development, oocyte maturation …

In dairy cattle, late gestation is a critical period for fetal growth and physiological transition
into the next lactation. Environmental factors, such as temperature and light, exert dramatic …

The placenta is the highly specialised organ of pregnancy that supports the normal growth
and development of the fetus. Growth and function of the placenta are precisely regulated …

The placenta is the primary interface between the fetus and mother and plays an important
role in maintaining fetal development and growth by facilitating the transfer of substrates and …

Experimental studies that are relevant to human pregnancy rely on the selection of
appropriate animal models as an important element in experimental design. Consideration …

SUMMARY 1 Intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) has been associated with poor perinatal
health outcomes. Animal models have been used to investigate why IUGR is associated with …

Fetal glucose metabolism depends on additive effects of fetal plasma glucose and insulin.
Glucose-stimulated insulin secretion increases over gestation, is down-regulated by …

Intrauterine programming is the process by which the structure and function of tissues are
altered permanently by insults acting during early development. In mammals, the placenta …

We determined in vivo and in vitro pancreatic islet insulin secretion and glucose metabolism
in fetuses with intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) caused by chronic placental …

Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is the most frequent pathophysiological state of
pregnancy, which in many cases produces fetuses with macrosomia, requiring increased …