EFFECTS OF INTRAUTERINE NUTRITION ON FETAL PROGRAMMING OF REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS AND THE FUTURE REPRODUCTIVE PERFORMANCE IN SHEEP

• Main Authors: Pérez-Clariget R, Bielli A
• Format: Article
• Language: Spanish
• Published: Asociación Peruana de Reproducción Animal 2015-12-01
• Series: SPERMOVA
• Subjects: intrauterine nutrition; fetal programming
• Online Access: http://spermova.pe/site2/files/Revistas/Rev.%20No.5Vol.2/4Perez_2015-2.pdf

The effects of uterine undernutrition during the embryonic and fetal development has been of concern in human medicine due to the consequences on the health and welfare of the people it causes. However, in animal production it is in just the past two decades that the issue has gained interest from researchers. Animal production based on native pasture grazing systems often presets periods of under nutrition during gestation, so the topic is of particular interest to our region. The aim of this paper is to review the literature on the effects of nutrition, with special emphasis on undernutrition of the pregnant ewe on the intrauterine development of the reproductive tract of both male and female offspring, and the reproductive performance of the adult ewe and ram.