Energy turnover in European hares is centrally limited during early, but not during peak lactation

Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

Volumn 179, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 933-943

  Valencak, Teresa G ^a   Ruf, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Energy turnover; Food quality; Lactation; Lepus europaeus; Milk production; Sustained metabolic rate

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; HARE; LACTATION; LITTER SIZE; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SEASON; SUCKLING; TIME;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; BODY WEIGHT; DIETARY FATS; ENERGY INTAKE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HARES; LACTATION; LITTER SIZE; MALE; PREGNANCY; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS;

LEPUS; LEPUS EUROPAEUS;

EID: 70350362178     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-009-0376-y     Document Type: Article

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