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Enhanced pre-pubertal nutrition upregulates mitochondrial function in testes and sperm of post-pubertal Holstein bulls

Supplemental energy and protein during calf-hood (2–30 wk) in dairy bulls hastened puberty (~1 mo), upregulated steroid biosynthesis, concentrations of reproductive hormones and Sertoli cell maturation, with larger testes and greater sperm production (~25%) in mature bulls. The objective was to eval...

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Autores principales: Johnson, Chinju, Dance, Alysha, Kovalchuk, Igor, Kastelic, John, Thundathil, Jacob
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7010748/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32042017
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-59067-3