Effects of plane of nutrition of ewes in early and mid-pregnancy on performance of the offspring: Female reproduction and male carcass characteristics

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 87, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 3647-3655

  Munoz C ^a,b   Carson, A F ^b   McCoy, M A ^b   Dawson, L E R ^b   Wylie, A R G ^b   Gordon, A W ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adiposity; Fetal programming; Leptin; Nutrition; Sheep

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN; SELENIUM;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BREEDING; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; MEAT; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SHEEP; STANDARD; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; LEPTIN; MALE; MEAT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; SELENIUM; SHEEP; WEIGHT GAIN;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 70350268412     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: 15253163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2009-1842     Document Type: Article

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