Prenatal programming of mammalian growth - A review of the role of steroids

Livestock Production Science

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 251-267

  Gill, J W ^a   Hosking, B J ^a,b   Egan, A R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Better Blend Stockfeeds Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Growth; Livestock; Prenatal period; Sex; Steroids

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346908160     PISSN: 03016226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-6226(97)00155-3     Document Type: Article

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