Abstract:Environmental stressors to which a foetus is exposed, affect a range of physiological functions in post-natal offspring. Such stressors include disproportionate steroid hormone concentrations in the uterine environment. We aimed to determine the in-utero effect of steroid hormones on reproductive potential of female offspring using a porcine model. Hypothesising that an in-utero sex bias will influence ovarian reserve and endometrial morphology in the breeding gilt. Reproductive tracts of pigs from female-bi… Show more
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