Effectiveness of a functional synbiotic syrup on pregnancy rate, neonatal birth weight and progesterone profile of oestrous-synchronized Najdi ewes

Journal of Food, Agriculture and Environment

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 80-85

  Al Sobayil, Khaled ^a   Zeitoun, Moustafa ^a   Abdel Salam, Ahmed ^a  

^a QASSIM UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Ewes; Pregnancy; Probiotics; Progesterone; Prolificacy; Synbiotic

Indexed keywords

PROGESTERONE; SYNBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHICORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRUS; EWE; FENUGREEK; FERMENTED PRODUCT; HONEY; LITTER SIZE; LUPIN; MILK; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY RATE; RAM (SHEEP); SOUR ORANGE; SYRUP; WITHANIA SOMNIFERA;

BIFIDOBACTERIUM BIFIDUM; CITRUS AURANTIUM; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; LUPINUS ALBUS; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS; TRIGONELLA FOENUM-GRAECUM; WITHANIA;

EID: 76449096703     PISSN: 14590255     EISSN: 14590263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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