Effect of supplementation of ewes with barley or maize during the last week of pregnancy on colostrum production

Animal

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 625-630

  Banchero, G E ^a   Quintans, G ^a   Vazquez, A ^a   Gigena, F ^a   La Manna, A ^a   Lindsay, D R ^b   Milton, J T B ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN AGROPECUARIA INIA   (Uruguay)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Lactose; Lambs; Pre partum feeding; Starch; Survival

Indexed keywords

LACTOSE; STARCH;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BARLEY; COLOSTRUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EWE; FEMALE; MAIZE; MILK PRODUCTION; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TWIN PREGNANCY;

HORDEUM; OVIS ARIES; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 34247583258     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731107691885     Document Type: Article

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