Melatonin has profound antioxidant activity and numerous functions in humans as well as in
livestock and poultry. Additionally, melatonin plays an important role in regulating the …

Metabolic disorders due to obesity and unhealthy lifestyle directly alter the oocyte's
microenvironment and impact oocyte quality. Oxidative stress and mitochondrial dysfunction …

Objectives of this experiment were to study the effect of infusing utero-pathogenic bacteria to
induce endometrial inflammation on productive performance in early lactation and …

Metritis is a uterine disorder common in dairy cattle caused by bacterial infection, with
greater incidence in the early postpartum period. The disease causes delayed uterine …

Endometrial inflammation is associated with reduced pregnancy per artificial insemination
(AI) and increased pregnancy loss in cows. It was hypothesized that induced endometritis …

Uterine infections cause ovarian dysfunction and infertility. The bacterial endotoxin,
lipopolysaccharide (LPS), accumulates in the follicular fluid of dominant follicles of cows with …

Mammalian females are born with a finite number of follicles in their ovaries that is referred
to as the ovarian reserve. There is a large amount of variation between females in the …

Pregnancy induces changes in the transcriptome of the bovine endometrium from 15 days
after insemination. However, pregnancy is less likely to occur if cows had a postpartum …

The objectives of the present prospective cohort study were to identify risk factors for
inflammatory diseases in Holstein-Gyr crossbred dairy cows and characterize the …

The objective was to assess differences in productive and reproductive performance, and
survival associated with vaginal discharge characteristics and fever in postpartum dairy …