Metabolic responses to mid-pregnancy shearing that are associated with a selective increase in the birth weight of twin lambs

Domestic Animal Endocrinology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 409-422

  Revella, D K ^a   Main, S F ^a   Breier, B H ^b   Cottam, Y H ^a   Hennies, M ^b   McCutcheon, S N ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b THE UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; FATTY ACID; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; SOMATOMEDIN; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN 1; SOMATOMEDIN C; WOOL;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD; BREEDING; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EATING; FEMALE; FETOPLACENTAL UNIT; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; HORMONE RESPONSE; LIPOLYSIS; MALE; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SECRETION; SHEEP; STATISTICAL MODEL; TWINS; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AREA UNDER CURVE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; COHORT STUDIES; COLORIMETRY; EATING; EPINEPHRINE; FATTY ACIDS; FEMALE; INSULIN; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR BINDING PROTEIN 1; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SHEEP; TWINS; WOOL;

ANIMALIA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES; TRIXIS;

EID: 0033930135     PISSN: 07397240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0739-7240(00)00059-X     Document Type: Article

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