Limits to sustained energy intake. I. Lactation in the laboratory mouse Mus musculus

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 204, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1925-1935

  Johnson, M S ^a   Thomson, S C ^a   Speakman, J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Energetics; Lactation; Maximal metabolic rate; Mouse; Pregnancy; Reproduction; Sustained metabolic rate

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; EATING; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; LACTATION; LITTER SIZE; METABOLISM; MILK; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; EATING; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; LACTATION; LITTER SIZE; MICE; MILK; PREGNANCY;

ANIMALIA; MUS; MUS MUSCULUS; MUSCULUS;

EID: 0035746222     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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