Maternal nutrition in early-mid gestation and placental size in sheep

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 359-364

  Clarke, Lynne ^a   Heasman, Lindsay ^b   Juniper, Darren T ^a   Symonds, Michael E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Placenta; Pregnancy; Sheep

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; DNA; FATTY ACID; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN; THYROID HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FETUS WEIGHT; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; PLACENTA WEIGHT; PREGNANCY; SHEEP; THYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMOGLOBINS; ORGAN SIZE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; SHEEP; THYROXINE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

ANIMALIA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0031969224     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/BJN19980060     Document Type: Article

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