Effects of maternal nutrition and stage of gestation on body weight, visceral organ mass, and indices of jejunal cellularity, proliferation, and vascularity in pregnant ewe lambs

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 222-235

  Caton, J S ^a   Reed, J J ^a   Aitken, R P ^b   Milne, J S ^b   Borowicz, P P ^a   Reynolds, L P ^a   Redmer, D A ^a   Wallace, J M ^b  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cellularity; Intestine; Nutrition; Pregnancy; Vascularity

Indexed keywords

OVIS ARIES;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD VOLUME; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY WEIGHT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; FETUS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; JEJUNUM; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SHEEP; VASCULARIZATION; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; BLOOD VOLUME; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY WEIGHT; CELL PROLIFERATION; FEMALE; FETUS; JEJUNUM; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PREGNANCY; SHEEP; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 60549116725     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: 15253163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2008-1043     Document Type: Article

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