BIOLOGY

OF

REPRODUCTION

Exogenous

Insulin

43,

1-7

and

Concentrations,

and

Energy

Granulosa

ISIDRO

Department

(1990)

Additional

Cell

Human

A. MATAMOROS,

of Animal

Affect

Chorionic

NANCY

Mississppi

Science,

Follicular

Follicular

Gonadotropin

M. COX,2

State

Distribution,

and

Universily,

Steroid

Binding

in Swine1

B. MOORE

ALFRED

Mississppi

State,

M&&zppi

39762

ABSTRACT The gills.

objective

was

energy/day cycle),

beginning and

day

determine

on

of

whether

from

Day

interacted

with

day

Percentage

of atretic

animals

(6.3%

(from

41.7

trations

to

were

16.6%)

high

on

cells

energy on

ment.

The

than large unique

from

17 than

the

effect

Day

the

(p

(39.8%

on

other

three

treatment

were

similar.

Both

of exogenous

was

Providing creases lampy,

Flowers full

dietary

during

ovulation 1972, and

1975; that

additional

period

1989).

may

save

Dailey a small

tory follicles from atresia. Our synergistic effect of additional nous

insulin

to swine

maturation

and

19

ratio

of estradiol

energy

administered

for

et al. (1975)

in-

suggested

laboratory demonstrated a dietary energy and exoge6 days

beginning increased

0.05).