Effects of level and source of dietary selenium on maternal and fetal body weight, visceral organ mass, cellularity estimates, and jejunal vascularity in pregnant ewe lambs

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 890-901

  Neville, T L ^a   Ward, M A ^a,c   Reed, J J ^a   Soto Navarro, S A ^a,d   Julius, S L ^a   Borowicz, P P ^a   Taylor, J B ^b   Redmer, D A ^a   Reynolds, L P ^a   Caton, J S ^a  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c Colby Community College ^*  (United States)

^d NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cellularity; Fetal; Maternal; Pregnancy; Selenium; Sheep

Indexed keywords

RNA; SELENIUM; TRACE ELEMENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CELL DIVISION; CYTOLOGY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; JEJUNUM; METABOLISM; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZATION; SHEEP; VASCULARIZATION; VISCERA;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CELL DIVISION; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FETUS; JEJUNUM; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; ORGAN SIZE; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PREGNANCY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RNA; SELENIUM; SHEEP; TRACE ELEMENTS; VISCERA;

OVIS ARIES; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 42149191523     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2006-839     Document Type: Article

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