Nutrition and colostrum production in sheep. 1. Metabolic and hormonal responses to a high-energy supplement in the final stages of pregnancy

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 633-643

  Banchero, G E ^a,b   Quintans, G ^b   Martin, G B ^a   Lindsay, D R ^a   Milton, J T B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN AGROPECUARIA INIA   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Glucose; Growth hormone; Insulin; Insulin like growth factor I; Lactogenesis; Lactose; Maize; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; INSULIN; LACTOSE; PROGESTERONE; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ALFALFA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HEALTH; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CALORIC INTAKE; COLOSTRUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE RESPONSE; HYPOTHESIS; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAIZE; METABOLIC REGULATION; MILK PRODUCTION; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; SHEEP; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VISCOSITY;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY WEIGHT; COLOSTRUM; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HORMONES; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; LACTATION; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; SHEEP; VISCOSITY; ZEA MAYS;

ANIMALIA; MEDICAGO SATIVA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 5044222201     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD03091     Document Type: Article

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