Effects of gestational plane of nutrition and selenium supplementation on mammary development and colostrum quality in pregnant ewe lambs

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 86, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2415-2423

  Swanson, T J ^a   Hammer, C J ^a   Luther, J S ^a   Carlson, D B ^a   Taylor, J B ^b   Redmer, D A ^a   Neville, T L ^a   Reed, J J ^a   Reynolds, L P ^a   Caton, J S ^a   Vonnahme, K A ^a  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Colostrum; Ewe lamb; Nutritional level; Pregnancy; Selenium

Indexed keywords

DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; RNA; SELENIUM;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CELL GROWTH; COLOSTRUM; CYTOCHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZATION; SHEEP; UDDER;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CELL GROWTH PROCESSES; COLOSTRUM; DNA; FEMALE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ORGAN SIZE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RNA; SELENIUM; SHEEP;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 52649132811     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2008-0996     Document Type: Article

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