• Maternal immune responses during fetal development are strongly demonstrated as causing male homosexuality and bisexuality. (wikipedia.org)
  • Certain fetal and maternal conditions have been shown to have environmental and genetic components. (medscape.com)
  • Fold depth, and therefore the maternal fetal interactive surface, increases as gestation advances and is greater in placenta from small fetuses. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Contrast-enhanced ultrasonography of maternal and fetal blood flows in pregnant bitches [4] "We evaluated the potential usefulness of CEUS to assess fetal-maternal circulation during pregnancy in dogs. (edu.au)
  • Also placenta or "fruit cake") is an all female higher mammals ( Eutheria ), including the people and some marsupials ( Metatheria ) during gestation (or pregnancy ) evolving fabric of the wall of the uterus , which belongs to the embryonic organism, is formed by it and is interwoven with blood vessels from the mother and the embryo. (zxc.wiki)
  • From the fourth week of pregnancy, when the child's heart begins to beat, the fruit is supplied via the placenta. (zxc.wiki)
  • Their placenta lactogen production seems to be well established for the sheep, and Atkinson et al. (ucsd.edu)
  • However, even in late gestation, mechanisms still exist that maintain fetal growth when the size of the placenta is reduced. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The number of living conceptuses that the uterus is capable of supporting is greater during early gestation compared to later gestation. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The number of piglets that can be supported by the uterus during gestation until farrowing if the number of potential fetuses is not limiting, is a common definition [ 6 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Progesterone is the hormone of pregnancy and acts on the uterus to stimulate blastocyst survival, growth, and development. (bioscientifica.com)
  • While direct effects are hard to measure for ethical reasons, animal experiments where scientists manipulate exposure to sex hormones during gestation can also induce lifelong male-typical behavior and mounting in female animals, and female-typical behavior in male animals. (wikipedia.org)
  • The clearest example of a disruptor is diethylstilbestrol (DES), a chemical that behaves like a hormone and not only affects the health of the exposed person, but also can generate irreversible damage to their descendants since the exposure of a mother to these compounds during pregnancy can generate varied and unexpected effects on the offspring several decades after having been exposed in utero. (ivis.org)
  • Reproductive risk of toxicant exposure includes fetal effects, especially congenital anomalies. (medscape.com)
  • and 4) adverse physiological changes occur from that exposure on the immune, renal, reproductive and central nervous systems, as well as the oral and intestinal flora. (mercuryfreedentists.com)
  • Human exposure may occur via inhalation due to the high vapor pressure of iodomethane. (cdc.gov)
  • The critical effects of acute duration iodomethane exposure are: (1) fetal losses in rabbits, (2) lesions in rat nasal epithelium, and (3) transient neurotoxicity in rats. (cdc.gov)
  • Occupational exposure to an intermediate in the manufacture of some pharmaceu- iodomethane may occur 8 hours per day, 5 days per week, ticals, in methylation processes, and in the field of micro- during the application season. (cdc.gov)
  • Uterine capacity is the result of the combined effects of uterine, placental and embryo/fetal function. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Plots of log fetal weight versus log placental weight also indicate that fetal weights are less sensitive to reduced placental weight (and therefore reduced intrauterine space) in early gestation compared to late gestation. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Our findings led us to conclude that a low level of MWirradiation-induced oxidative stress not only suppresses implantation, but it may alsolead to deformity of the embryo in case pregnancy continues. (nomedicalcare.com)
  • Conceptus-endometrial interactions in ruminants are complex and involve carefully orchestrated temporal and spatial alterations in gene expression regulated by hormones from the ovary and conceptus. (bioscientifica.com)
  • They differentiated between two types of cotyledons and were impressed with the extent of the capillary proliferation during advancing gestation. (ucsd.edu)
  • Biochemical evidence to support this effect was confirmed in a lab study in 2017, finding that mothers with a gay son, particularly those with older brothers, had heightened levels of antibodies to the NLGN4Y Y-protein than mothers with heterosexual sons. (wikipedia.org)
  • The action of the SRY gene in the Y-chromosome in the fetus prompts the development of testes, which release testosterone, the primary androgen receptor-activating hormone, to allow testosterone to enter the cells and masculinize the fetus and fetal brain. (wikipedia.org)
  • Normally performed during the second trimester of a pregnancy, this invasive procedure allows the detection of health problems in the fetus as early as fifteen weeks gestation. (asu.edu)
  • Nutrition is one of the most important environmental factors affecting reproductive performance in sheep. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Recently, transcriptomic analyses via RNA-seq and microarray analysis of different sheep reproductive organs have provided further insights into the gene expression landscapes of these tissues, and a few novel genes (e.g. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The US Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade secured women's rights to terminate pregnancies for any reasons within the first trimester of pregnancy. (asu.edu)
  • Early gestational protein restriction alters carcass traits, appetite and gene expression. (qsml.com.au)
  • Oocytes were collected from slaughterhouse-derived ovaries, matured in vitro, and injected with frozen-thawed stallion sperm. (bioone.org)
  • Funding from the ARC link scheme has enabled funding into the effects of nutrition during pregnancy on sperm morphology and bull puberty. (qsml.com.au)
  • Equatorial segment protein (ESP), a novel 349-amino acid concanavalin-A-binding protein encoded by a two-exon gene ( SP-ESP ) located on chromosome 15 at q22, has been localized to the equatorial segment of ejaculated human sperm. (bioone.org)
  • Studies have shown that INAH3 in gay men has likely been exposed to low levels of testosterone in the brain compared to straight men, or had different levels of receptivity to its masculinizing effects, or experienced hormone fluctuations at critical times during fetal development. (wikipedia.org)
  • [email protected] Appl Biochem Biotechnol (2013) 169:1727-1751 enzymes- superoxide dismutase, catalase, and glutathione peroxidase-were determined inthe liver, kidney and ovary. (nomedicalcare.com)
  • Immunohistochemical analyses revealed the relatively low abundance of OH-POX protein in the liver, kidney, and small intestine of IUGR piglets, and the lack of OH-POX zonation in their livers. (bvsalud.org)
  • Heifer protein supplementation during lactation increased carcass muscle in the adult bull progeny. (qsml.com.au)
  • The specific needs of the child must be met at every stage of pregnancy. (zxc.wiki)
  • This review summarizes new knowledge on expression of genes and provides insights into approaches for study of conceptus-endometrial interactions in ruminants with emphasis on the peri-implantation stage of pregnancy. (bioscientifica.com)
  • During pregnancy, male cells enter a mother's bloodstream, which are foreign to her immune system. (wikipedia.org)
  • The effects of nutrition during pregnancy upon placentation and blood flow in the heifer, weaner growth, immune competence in the neonate and calf neonatal behaviour are studies currently under publication. (qsml.com.au)
  • Similarly hepatic gene expression of factors regulating growth and metabolism were reduced by protein restriction in a sex specific manner. (qsml.com.au)
  • Earlier studies have indicated that fertility traits in sheep can be regulated by individual genetic markers with major effects, which are known as fecundity genes [ 10 , 11 ], or by polygenic effects, particularly in prolific breeds, such as Finnsheep and Romanov [ 12 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Genetic, nutritional and other environmental factors affect prolificacy traits in sheep. (biomedcentral.com)
  • To improve our knowledge of the sheep prolificacy traits, we conducted mRNA-miRNA integrated profiling of ovarian tissues from two pure breeds with large (Finnsheep) vs. small (Texel) litter sizes and their F1 crosses, half of which were fed a flushing diet. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The identification and characterization of differentially expressed genes and miRNAs in the ovaries of sheep provided insights into genetic and environmental factors affecting prolificacy traits. (biomedcentral.com)
  • This review summarizes evidence for the role of proteolytic enzymes that degrade and inactivate insulin-like growth factor binding proteins (IGFBP) during follicular development in mammals. (bioone.org)
  • Early protein restriction reduced fetal organ development in a sex and time dependent manner. (qsml.com.au)
  • This split may have occurred as early as in the Miocene and the earliest buffalo to be considered was Bubalus platyceros according to Pilgrim (1947). (ucsd.edu)
  • But, the fact that Keller & Tandler (1916) were able to examine some twin placentas in Viennese abattoirs indicates that multiple pregnancies exist, and there are other records to that effect. (ucsd.edu)
  • ESP is the earliest known protein to be recognized as a marker for the specification of the equatorial segment, and it allows this region to be traced through all phases of acrosomal biogenesis. (bioone.org)
  • Whether the hormonal control of PAPP-A production/activity by the ovary differs between monotocous and polytocous animals will require further study. (bioone.org)
  • Hepatocellular cytoplasmic vacuolations were found following histopathological examination and were related to metabolic derangement occurring in moribund animals. (canada.ca)
  • I've found research on animals, especially sheep, but none of it has personally been much help to me. (anneshealthplace.com)
  • My advice is to always have some good-quality carbohydrates with your protein, to eat plenty of good fats, to salt your food to taste, to drink lots of water (divide your weight in half and drink that many ounces per day), and to avoid simple sugar as much as possible. (anneshealthplace.com)
  • Increases in the amount of PAPP-A mRNA in granulosa cells during follicular development occurs in some but not all species, indicating that other proteases or protease inhibitors may be involved in IGFBP degradation. (bioone.org)
  • The birth and adult development of 'Dolly' the sheep, the first mammal produced by the transfer of a terminally differentiated cell nucleus into an egg, provided unequivocal evidence of nuclear equivalence among somatic cells. (bioscientifica.com)
  • [ 2 ] A number of modalities may be required for diagnosis and treatment of exposures in pregnancy. (medscape.com)
  • The primary exposures include diagnostic radiographs, radiopharmaceuticals, workplace exposures, and environmental exposures such as those that occurred after the Three Mile Island and Chernobyl nuclear reactor accidents. (medscape.com)
  • This article provides a summary of many psychosocial and environmental risks during pregnancy. (medscape.com)
  • A study also showed that there is a deficiency in both emergency department (ED) and obstetric/gynecologic physicians' knowledge when counseling women about the risks of diagnostic imaging in pregnancy. (medscape.com)
  • In domestic sheep ( Ovis aries ), a large range of litter sizes (number of offspring from 1 to 9) has been observed among and within breeds, in contrast to several other domestic animal species in which females generally have either 1-2 (cattle, horses and goats) or more than 3 offspring (e.g., dogs and pigs). (biomedcentral.com)
  • In addition, common supplements such as IsoCort, or medications such as Cortef and Florinef, have a totally different effect during pregnancy. (anneshealthplace.com)
  • Nine bitches were examined at 23, 30, and 45 days of gestation using an ultrasound machine (LOGIQ E9) and SonoVue® contrast media as echo-signal enhancer. (edu.au)
  • Inhalation Toxicology Downloaded from informahealthcare.com by CDC Information Center on 07/06/12 stored as a liquid under pressure, but volatilizes rapidly fol- to agricultural soil is expected to occur over a time period lowing injection into soil. (cdc.gov)
  • 1993) suggested the production of a family of proteins by binucleate cells. (ucsd.edu)
  • This definition includes stillborn piglets, which die during farrowing, but does not include mummified fetuses, which die at some point during gestation. (biomedcentral.com)
  • This protease activity has recently been ascribed to serine metalloprotease(s), including pregnancy-associated plasma protein-A (PAPP-A), which was first detected in human follicular fluid nearly 20 yr ago. (bioone.org)
  • Some doctors recommend staying at pre-pregnancy dosages for the entire pregnancy, but I've found that this results in unbearable fatigue. (anneshealthplace.com)
  • A class of antibiotics which act by interfering with bacterial protein synthesis within the bacteria which results in the death of the bacteria. (vetcentermorriscounty.com)