AN INVESTIGATION INTO SPECIFIC SEMINAL PLASMA PROTEINS AND THEIR EFFECT ON THE INNATE IMMUNE RESPONSE TO BREEDING IN THE MARE

The mare experiences a transient innate immune response to breeding, the resolution of which is crucial for optimal fertility. The majority of mares are able to modulate this inflammation in a timely fashion, but a subpopulation exists which fail to do so and are considered susceptible to persistent...

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Main Author: Fedorka, Carleigh Elizabeth
Format: Others
Published: UKnowledge 2017
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Online Access:http://uknowledge.uky.edu/gluck_etds/29
http://uknowledge.uky.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1029&context=gluck_etds