Placental function of mares fed with cereals and forage and mares fed with forage only

Feeding pregnant broodmares with cereal concentrates has been shown to increase maternal insulin resistance and affect foal metabolism in the short and long-term. These effects are likely to be mediated by the placenta. Here, we investigated fetoplacental biometry and placental structure and function at term in mares fed with or without cereals concentrates

已有研究表明，给妊娠种母马饲喂谷物浓缩饲料（cereal concentrates）可提升其母体胰岛素抵抗水平，并在短期及长期层面影响胎驹的新陈代谢。此类效应大概率由胎盘所介导。本研究针对饲喂与未饲喂谷物浓缩饲料的母马，探究了其足月妊娠时的胎儿-胎盘生物测量学特征以及胎盘的结构与功能。