Control of Luteal Function and Implantation in the Mink by Prolactin23
- 1 June 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Animal Science
- Vol. 50 (6) , 1102-1107
- https://doi.org/10.2527/jas1980.5061102x
Abstract
Mink (Mustela vison) were treated during the period of embryonic diapause with prolactin or ergocryptine (CB-154). Prolactin advanced implantation time and hastened onset of luteal phase progesterone secretion. Duration of gestation in prolactin-treated adult mink was shorter than that of control mink. Ergocryptine had the opposite effects, prolonging gestation and inhibiting onset of luteal phase progesterone secretion. Prolactin is suggested to be the luteotrophin necessary for termination of embryonic diapause in mink. Copyright © 1980. American Society of Animal Science . Copyright 1980 by American Society of Animal ScienceThis publication has 8 references indexed in Scilit:
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