Effect of maternal melatonin supplementation during mid to late gestation on fatty acid composition in maternal and fetal plasma and perirenal adipose tissue collected from bovine fetuses at 240 days of gestation

Melatonin supplementation during mid to late gestation increases uterine blood flow, thereby altering the flux of nutrients delivered to the developing fetus by the dam. Changes in the amount and composition of fatty acids available to the fetus can alter the long-term growth and developmental poten...

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Published inJournal of animal science Vol. 95; p. 152
Main Authors Thompson, R C, McCarty, K J, Sukumaran, A T, Lemire, R L, King, E H, Hopper, R M, Lemley, C O, Dinh, T T N, Burnett, D D
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Champaign Oxford University Press 01.08.2017
Subjects
Adipose tissue
Animal reproduction
Blood flow
Cattle
Fatty acid composition
Fatty acids
Fetuses
Gestation
Melatonin
Nutrients
Offspring
Supplements
Uterus
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Summary:Melatonin supplementation during mid to late gestation increases uterine blood flow, thereby altering the flux of nutrients delivered to the developing fetus by the dam. Changes in the amount and composition of fatty acids available to the fetus can alter the long-term growth and developmental potential of the offspring in postnatal life. Here, an abstract of an article by McCarthy et al on determining the effect of supplementing melatonin to beef heifers during mid to late gestation on fatty acid composition of maternal, umbilical, and fetal plasma as well as fetal perirenal adipose tissue is presented.
ISSN:0021-8812
1525-3163
DOI:10.2527/asasann.2017.307