Postnatal consequences of the maternal environment and of growth during prenatal life for productivity of ruminants

Managing the Prenatal Environment to Enhance Livestock Productivity

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 3-36

  Greenwood, Paul L ^a   Thompson, Andrew N ^b   Ford, Stephen P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-3135-8_1     Document Type: Chapter

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