Maternal undernutrition during late pregnancy in sheep. Its relationship to maternal condition, gestation length, hepatic physiology and glucose metabolism

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 593-605

  West, Hilary J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ketosis; Liver function; Pregnancy; Sheep

Indexed keywords

OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

AMMONIA; BROMSULFOPHTHALEIN; GLUCOSE; UREA;

AMMONIA BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BILIARY EXCRETION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GESTATION PERIOD; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HYPOGLYCEMIA; KETOACIDOSIS; LACTATION; LIVER METABOLISM; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL NUTRITION; METABOLIC CLEARANCE RATE; NONHUMAN; SHEEP; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALS; COLORING AGENTS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLUCOSE; KETOSIS; LIVER; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; PROPIONIC ACIDS; SHEEP; SULFOBROMOPHTHALEIN; TWINS;

EID: 0029876742     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/bjn19960162     Document Type: Article

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