Nutrition and Sexual Development in Bulls.
Bull
Nutrition
Puberty
Spermatogenesis
Testis
Journal
The Veterinary clinics of North America. Food animal practice
ISSN: 1558-4240
Titre abrégé: Vet Clin North Am Food Anim Pract
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 8511905
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
06 Sep 2023
06 Sep 2023
Historique:
medline:
9
9
2023
pubmed:
9
9
2023
entrez:
8
9
2023
Statut:
aheadofprint
Résumé
This manuscript provides an overview of the effects of nutrition during different stages of bull sexual development. Nutrition during the prepubertal period can modulate the hypothalamic GnRH pulse generator. Increased nutrition results in greater LH secretion, earlier puberty, and greater testicular mass in yearling bulls, whereas low nutrition has opposite effects. Targeting average daily gain from birth to 24 weeks of age to > 1.2 kg/d and limiting gain after 24 weeks of age to < 1.6 kg/d is recommended to optimize bull sexual development.
Identifiants
pubmed: 37684108
pii: S0749-0720(23)00052-X
doi: 10.1016/j.cvfa.2023.08.002
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Review
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Informations de copyright
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