Title
Relationship between maternal and foetal glycemia and foetal endocrine pancreas in alpacas
Date Issued
01 January 2016
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
SENASA Región Junín
Laboratorio de Patología
Laboratorio de Patología
Publisher(s)
Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Abstract
The aim of this study was determine the relationship between maternal glycemia with foetal glycemia and development of foetal endocrine pancreas. Eighteen pregnant alpacas and their respective foetus were grouped in the three thirds of the gestation period (n = 3, 4 and 11 for first, second and third third respectively). The relationship between levels of maternal glycemia and the levels of foetal glycemia, number of Langerhans islets (IL) per area (N°IL/mm2) and diameter of IL were of r: 0.98, 0.99, 0.93, respectively. Levels of maternal-foetal glucose, N°IL/mm2 and IL diameter were significantly higher (p<0.001) in the last third of gestation. The results would show that maternal glycemia affects the development of foetal endocrine pancreas.
Start page
17
End page
23
Volume
27
Issue
1
Language
Spanish
OCDE Knowledge area
Ciencia veterinaria
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84963490977
Source
Revista de Investigaciones Veterinarias del Peru
ISSN of the container
16823419
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