Increased fertility in young primiparous female bank voles, Clethrionomys glareolus, treated with prolactin or progesterone after mating

Lilian M. Westlin

doi:10.1530/jrf.0.0660113

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Increased fertility in young primiparous female bank voles, Clethrionomys glareolus, treated with prolactin or progesterone after mating

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DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1530/jrf.0.0660113

Volume/Issue:: Volume 66: Issue 1

Page Range:: 113–115

Article Type:: Research Article

Online Publication Date:: Sep 1982

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Summary. Fertility in young primiparous female bank voles was improved by daily injections after mating of progesterone (0·5 mg/day) or prolactin (8 i.u./day). Prolactin treatment increased the number of healthy corpora lutea. The results suggest that the sterile matings at the start of the breeding season are not due to failure of ovulation, but to lack of progesterone from inactive CL.

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