Body Condition at Parturition and Postpartum Weight Gain Influence Luteal Activity and Concentrations of Glucose, Insulin, and Nonesterified Fatty Acids in Plasma of Primiparous Beef Cows

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 927-936

  Vizcarra, J A ^a   Wettemann, R P ^a   Spitzer, J C ^b   Morrison, D G ^c,d  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body Composition; Cows; Glucose; Insulin; Nutrition; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; INSULIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CATTLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; LABOR; METABOLISM; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PUERPERIUM; RANDOMIZATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CATTLE; COHORT STUDIES; CORPUS LUTEUM; FATTY ACIDS, NONESTERIFIED; FEMALE; INSULIN; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; LINEAR MODELS; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0032043386     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1998.764927x     Document Type: Article

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