B.S.,_Animal Science, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO,
2000 M.S., Animal Science, UCDavis, Davis, CA, 2002 Ph.D., Nutrition, UCDavis, Davis, CA, In Progress
Project: Nutritional Regulation of the ovine hypothalamo-pituitary-ovarian
axis
Adequate nutrition is essential to prevent disregulation of the
hypothalamo-pituitary-ovarian axis. Animals provided a diet that does not
meet the nutritional requirement of the animal display a greater negative
feedback response to estradiol, as measured by either LH or GnRH. The
nutritionally restricted ovx ewe model that I have chosen allows for careful
examination of the effects of long-term nutritional modulation on the
hypothalamic response to poor nutrition both in the presence and absence of
estradiol.
