Development of body condition in hinds of Iberian red deer during gestation and its effects on calf birth weight and milk production

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological Genetics and Physiology

Volumn 309, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-10

  Carrión, Déborah ^a   García, Andrés José ^a,b,c   Gaspar López, Enrique ^a   Landete Castillejos, Tomás ^a,b   Gallego, Laureano ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

^c Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros Agrónomos   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY COMPOSITION; BREEDING; DEER; FEMALE; METABOLISM; MILK; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY COMPOSITION; DEER; FEMALE; MILK; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; CERVUS ELAPHUS;

EID: 38149001552     PISSN: 19325223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.425     Document Type: Article

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