Effect of plane of nutrition of 1- and 2-year-old ewes in early and mid-pregnancy on ewe reproduction and offspring performance up to weaning

Animal

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 657-669

  Munoz C ^a,b   Carson, A F ^b   McCoy, M A ^b   Dawson, L E R ^b   O'Connell, N E ^b   Gordon, A W ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Foetal development; Maternal behaviour; Nutrition; Pregnancy; Sheep

Indexed keywords

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 68349144198     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731109003917     Document Type: Article

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