Physiological Correlation between Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis, Leptin, UCP1 and Lipid Panel in Mares during Late Pregnancy and Early Postpartum Period.

As displayed in Figure 2 , a decreasing trend of leptin concentration was found in mares belonging to Group A starting from the prepartum period until the postpartum period, whereas serum UCP1 showed decreased values during the prepartum period following by a rise until the second week after parturition ( p > 0.0001).

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