Effects of supplemental safflower and vitamin e during late gestation on lamb growth, serum metabolites, and thermogenesis

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 86, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 3194-3202

  Dafoe, J M ^a   Kott, R W ^a   Sowell, B F ^a   Berardinelli, J G ^a   Davis, K C ^a   Hatfield, P G ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gestation; Lamb survival; Safflower seed; Sheep; Thermogenesis; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY WEIGHT; COLD; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAFFLOWER; SHEEP; THERMOGENESIS;

ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY WEIGHT; CARTHAMUS TINCTORIUS; COLD TEMPERATURE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MALE; PREGNANCY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SEEDS; SHEEP; THERMOGENESIS; VITAMIN E;

CARTHAMUS TINCTORIUS; HORDEUM; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 55849086933     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2007-0633     Document Type: Article

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