Aug 2026
Lactocrine insufficiency at birth impacts uterine gene expression and development in postnatal day 14 pigs.
Maternal effects on offspring development do not end at birth. Bioactive factors are transmitted from mothers to nursing offspring through colostrum, by a process known as lactocrine signaling. In pigs, naturally occurring lactocrine insufficiency, indicated by reduced serum immunoglobulin immunocrit (iCrit) ratios wit...
Xiaolei Ma, H. Wijesena, Ying Zhang et al.
· Biology of Reproduction · 0 citations