Ewe-lamb bonding behaviours at birth are affected by maternal undernutrition in pregnancy

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 123-136

  Dwyer, Cathy M ^a   Lawrence, Alistair B ^a   Bishop, Stephen C ^b   Lewis, Mitch ^a  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Food restriction; Maternal behaviour; Neonate behaviour; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEEDING; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GESTATION PERIOD; INCIDENCE; LAMB; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALNUTRITION; MALPRESENTATION; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; EATING; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NUTRITION DISORDERS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; PRENATAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; PROGESTERONE; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SUCKING BEHAVIOR; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0037267012     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/BJN2002743     Document Type: Article

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