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Sales, Francisco; Parraguez Gamboa, Víctor; Freitas de Melo, Aline; Ungerfeld, Rodolfo (Elsevier, 2020)Undernourishment is a frequent condition in sheep pregnancies under extensive systems, since most of the pregnancies occur when the prairie has the lowest forage allowance. Underfed sheep pregnancies are associated with ...
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Sales, Francisco; Peralta, Oscar A.; Narbona, Eileen; McCoard, Sue; Lira, Raúl; Reyes Solovera, Mónica de los; González Bulnes, Antonio; Parraguez Gamboa, Víctor (MDPI, 2019)Twinning and maternal nutritional restriction leads to fetal hypoxia, oxidative stress, and intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) in near-term sheep pregnancies. Our aim was to determine the effect of oral supplementation ...
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Sales, Francisco; Peralta, Oscar A.; Narbona, Eileen; Mccoard, Sue; González Bulnes, Antonio; Parraguez Gamboa, Víctor (Oxford University Press, 2019)Fetal hypoxia, resulting in oxidative stress in pregnancies, contributes to reduced fetal growth. Melatonin, a potent antioxidant, has been associated with improved oxidative status. Maternal oral melatonin supplementation ...
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Parraguez Gamboa, Víctor; Sales, Francisco; Peralta Troncoso, Óscar; Narbona Narbona, Eileen; Lira, Raúl; Reyes Solovera, Mónica de los; González Bulnes, Antonio (MDPI, 2020)Simple Summary In twin-bearing ewes, undernourishment during pregnancy lowers the birth weight and increases morbidity and mortality of lambs. One of the causes is oxidative stress, which can be prevented by supplementing ...