Effects of cobalt/vitamin B12 status in ewes on ovum development and lamb viability at birth

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 553-562

  Mitchell, Linda M ^a   Robinson, John J ^a   Watt, Robert G ^a   McEvoy, Thomas G ^a,b   Ashworth, Cheryl J ^a,b   Rooke, John A ^a,b   Dwyer, Cathy M ^a  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b SAC   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COBALT; CYANOCOBALAMIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EWE; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; LAMB; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OVULATION; RECTUM TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; COBALT; DIET; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILITY; OVUM; PARTURITION; PREGNANCY; SHEEP, DOMESTIC; SUPEROVULATION; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 34248328682     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD07012     Document Type: Article

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