Dietary manipulation of Bos indicus heifers during gestation affects the reproductive development of their heifer calves

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 773-784

  Sullivan, T M ^a   Micke, G C ^a   Greer, R M ^a   Irving Rodgers, H F ^b   Rodgers, R J ^b   Perry, V E A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gonadotrophins; Ovary; Prenatal nutrition.

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; GONADOTROPIN; PROTEIN; UREA; LEPTIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; SOMATOMEDIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CALF (BOVINE); CELL DENSITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEIFER; MARE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NONHUMAN; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; PREGNANCY; PREPUBERTY; PROTEIN INTAKE; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TIME OF DEATH; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; AGING; ANIMAL; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; CATTLE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; UTERUS;

BOS INDICUS;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; CATTLE; DIETARY PROTEINS; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GONADOTROPINS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; LEPTIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVARY; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SOMATOMEDINS; UREA; UTERUS;

EID: 70149091064     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD09004     Document Type: Article

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