Login to PAWS Baton Rouge, Louisiana |

 SCHOOL OF VETERINARY MEDICINE
Prostaglandin

 

  • 20 carbon acid.
  • Secreted by uterus in some animals to cause luteolysis.
  • Luteolysis is the demise of the corpus luteum.
  • After luteolysis, progesterone declines and allows FSH and LH to resume follicular growth and ovulation in polyestrous species.

contributed by Bruce E Eilts on 20-June-2001




LSU School of Veterinary Medicine
Skip Bertman Drive • Baton Rouge, LA 70803
Telephone: 225-578-9900 • Fax: 225-578-9916 • E-mail: svmweb@vetmed.lsu.edu

Copyright © 2006. All Rights Reserved. Official Web Page of Louisiana State University