Reproductive capacity of Merino ewes fed a high-salt diet

Animal

Volumn 2, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1353-1360

  Digby, S N ^a,c,d   Masters, D G ^b,c   Blache, D ^c   Blackberry, M A ^c   Hynd, P I ^a   Revell, D K ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Aldosterone; High salt; Insulin; Leptin; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 49449102940     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731108002449     Document Type: Article

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