Oxygen Consumption by and Blood Flow Across the Portal-Drained Viscera and Liver of Pregnant Ewes

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 75, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1950-1955

  Freetly, H C ^a   Ferrell, C L ^a  

^a U S MEAT ANIMAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood Flow; Liver; Metabolism; Pregnancy; Sheep

Indexed keywords

MEDICAGO SATIVA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BREEDING; EATING; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; LIVER; LIVER VEIN; MESENTERIC ARTERY; METABOLISM; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PORTAL VEIN; PREGNANCY; SHEEP; VASCULARIZATION; VISCERA;

ANIMALS; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; EATING; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HEPATIC VEINS; LIVER; MESENTERIC ARTERIES; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PORTAL VEIN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SHEEP; VISCERA;

EID: 0031182890     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1997.7571950x     Document Type: Article

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