Experimental challenge of pregnant cattle with the putative abortifacient Waddlia chondrophila (2016)
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Wheelhouse, N., Flockhart, A., Aitchison, K., Livingstone, M., Finlayson, J., Flachon, V., …Longbottom, D. (2016). Experimental challenge of pregnant cattle with the putative abortifacient Waddlia chondrophila. Scientific Reports, 6, 37150. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep37150

Waddlia chondrophila is a Gram-negative intracellular bacterial organism that is related to classical chlamydial species and has been implicated as a cause of abortion in cattle. Despite an increasing number of observational studies linking W. chondr... Read More about Experimental challenge of pregnant cattle with the putative abortifacient Waddlia chondrophila.

Is counselling necessary? Making the decision to have an abortion. A qualitative interview study. (2013)
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Brown, S. (2013). Is counselling necessary? Making the decision to have an abortion. A qualitative interview study. European Journal of Contraception and Reproductive Health Care, 18, 44-48. https://doi.org/10.3109/13625187.2012.750290

Objectives To explore young women’s decision-making about having an abortion, in particular, how they reached the decision and with whom they discussed it. Methods Qualitative study comprising semi-structured one-to-one interviews with 24 women aged... Read More about Is counselling necessary? Making the decision to have an abortion. A qualitative interview study..

Effects of maternal undernutrition during early pregnancy on apoptosis regulators in the ovine fetal ovary. (2006)
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Lea, R. G., Andrade, L. P., Rae, M. T., Hannah, L. T., Kyle, C. E., Murray, J. F., …Miller, D. W. (2006). Effects of maternal undernutrition during early pregnancy on apoptosis regulators in the ovine fetal ovary. Reproduction, 131, 113-124. https://doi.org/10.1530/rep.1.00844

This study aimed to determine whether reduced fetal ovary folliculogenesis in ewes undernourished during early/midpregnancy is associated with altered ovarian cell proliferation and/or the expression of apoptosis-regulating genes. Groups of ewes (n =... Read More about Effects of maternal undernutrition during early pregnancy on apoptosis regulators in the ovine fetal ovary..