Winter-feeding systems for gestating sheep I. Effects on pre-and postpartum ewe performance and lamb progeny preweaning performance

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 467-477

  Radunz, A E ^a,b   Fluharty, F L ^a   Zerby, H N ^a   Loerch, S C ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Fetal programming; Maternal nutrition; Prepartum diet; Sheep

Indexed keywords

OVIS ARIES; ZEA MAYS;

FATTY ACID; INSULIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; CEREAL; EATING; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; MAIZE; MALE; METABOLISM; MILK; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; POACEAE; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZATION; SECRETION; SHEEP; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD UREA NITROGEN; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; CEREALS; EATING; FATTY ACIDS, NONESTERIFIED; FEMALE; INSULIN; MALE; MILK; POACEAE; PREGNANCY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SHEEP; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 79955820489     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: 15253163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2010-3035     Document Type: Article

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