The influence of extruding corn grain on glucose metabolism in pregnant ewes

Reproduction Nutrition Development

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 181-187

  Landau, Serge ^a   Nitsan, Zafrira ^a   Zoref, Zipora ^a   Madar, Zecharia ^b  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Ewe; Glucose metabolism; Pregnancy; Sheep

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORN; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; GRAIN; LAMB; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; SHEEP;

ANIMALIA; MEDICAGO SATIVA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0033367983     PISSN: 09265287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/rnd:19990203     Document Type: Article

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