Late-pregnancy nutrition differentially affects the birthweight of lambs born to ewes from divergently selected plasma IGF-1 lines

New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 9-16

  Kenyon, P R ^a,b   Jenkinson, C M C ^a,b   Blair, H T ^a,b   Breier, B H ^b,c   Gluckman, P D ^b,c  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b National Research Centre for Growth and Development Auckland   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Birthweight; IGF 1; Lamb growth; Late pregnancy; Nutrition; Sheep

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; FATTY ACID; GLUCOSE; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SELECTION; SHEEP;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 67650300551     PISSN: 00288233     EISSN: 11758775     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288230909510484     Document Type: Article

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