The lack of relationship between progesterone level in utero-ovarian vein and the number of corpora lutea in the pigs.
Progesterone (P4) level in blood taken from both left and right utero-ovarian vein of cyclic sows was determined and number of corpora lutea in adjacent ovaries was recorded. No relationship between these two parameters has been shown.
D000818:Animals; D003338:Corpus Luteum / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D010053:Ovary / Q000098:blood supply; D011374:Progesterone / Q000097:blood*; D013552:Swine; D014599:Uterus / Q000098:blood supply; D014680:Veins
D011374:Progesterone