Livestock animals to study infertility in women

Authors

Mohamed A. Abedal-Majed, University of Jordan
Andrea S. Cupp, University of Nebraska at LincolnFollow

Date of this Version

2019

Citation

July 2019, Vol. 9, No. 3

Comments

© Abedal-Majed and Cupp

Open access

doi: 10.1093/af/vfz017

Abstract

• Anovulation is a major cause of infertility in mammalian females.

• Ovarian research in humans is challenging due to the shortage of “normal tissue” that can be obtained from women that are trying to get pregnant.

• Livestock animals provide valuable resources to investigate the optimal intra-follicular environment required to facilitate folliculogenesis and translate to humans.

• Different livestock models may be more useful depending on the specific biological process studied.