Maternal selenium supplementation and timing of nutrient restriction in pregnant sheep: Impacts on nutrient availability to the fetus

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 59-76

  Lekatz, L A ^a   Wu, G ^b   Caton, J S ^a   Taylor, J B ^c   Reynolds, L P ^a   Redmer, D A ^a   Vonnahme, K A ^a  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino acid; Glucose; Nonesterified fatty acid; Nutrition; Pregnancy; Selenium

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; SELENIUM;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BREEDING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHEEP; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD UREA NITROGEN; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FATTY ACIDS, NONESTERIFIED; FEMALE; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; PRENATAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; SELENIUM; SHEEP;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 78650995953     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: 15253163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2010-3015     Document Type: Article

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