Study of Wild Sheep Links Vitamin D to Improved Fertility and Reproductive Success (IMAGE)

University of Edinburgh

Study of Wild Sheep Links Vitamin D to Improved Fertility and Reproductive Success

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High levels of vitamin D are linked to improved fertility and reproductive success, a study of wild sheep living on the remote Scottish island of St. Kilda shows. Sheep with higher levels of vitamin D metabolites in their blood at the end of summer went on to have more lambs in the following spring, the study found.

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University of Edinburgh

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