Effect of undernutrition in foetal life on energy expenditure during gestation in ewes

Archives of Animal Nutrition

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 117-126

  Kiani, Alishir ^a,b   Chwalibog, Andre ^a   Tygesen, Malin P ^a   Nielsen, Mette O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b LORESTAN UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Energy metabolism; Heat production; Metabolic programming; Pregnancy; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CALORIC INTAKE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; FETAL MALNUTRITION; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL NUTRITION; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN INTAKE; RANDOMIZATION; SHEEP;

ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; DIETARY PROTEINS; ENERGY INTAKE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FETAL NUTRITION DISORDERS; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SHEEP;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 40249100464     PISSN: 1745039X     EISSN: 14772817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17450390801892542     Document Type: Article

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