Effect of type and timing of oil supplements to sows during pregnancy on the growth performance and endocrine profile of low and normal birth weight offspring

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 240-249

  Laws, John ^a   Litten, Jennie C ^a   Laws, Alison ^a   Lean, Ian J ^a   Dodds, Peter F ^a   Clarke, Lynne ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Body composition; Oil; Piglet growth

Indexed keywords

FISH OIL; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; OLIVE OIL; PALM OIL; SUNFLOWER OIL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FOOD INTAKE; GESTATION PERIOD; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GROWTH RATE; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NONHUMAN; PARITY; PIGLET; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROGENY; SIBLING; SOW (SWINE); TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WEANING;

ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY COMPOSITION; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; FISH OILS; GESTATIONAL AGE; INSULIN; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; LEPTIN; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PLANT OILS; PREGNANCY; SWINE; THYROID HORMONES;

ANIMALIA; HELIANTHUS;

EID: 67649510990     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114508998469     Document Type: Article

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