Nutritional plane and selenium supply during gestation affect yield and nutrient composition of colostrum and milk in primiparous ewes

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1627-1639

  Meyer, A M ^a   Reed, J J ^a,c   Neville, T L ^a   Thorson, J F ^a,d,e   Maddock Carlin, K R ^a   Taylor, J B ^b   Reynolds, L P ^a   Redmer, D A ^a   Luther, J S ^a,f   Hammer, C J ^a   Vonnahme, K A ^a   Caton, J S ^a  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c Land O'Lakes Munson Lakes Nutrition   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e AgriLife Research Station   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN RIVER FALLS   (United States)

Author keywords

Colostrum; Gestation; Lactation; Milk production; Nutritional plane; Selenium

Indexed keywords

OVIS ARIES;

SELENIUM;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COLOSTRUM; DIET; EATING; FEMALE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; METABOLISM; MILK; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZATION; SHEEP;

ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; COLOSTRUM; DIET; EATING; FEMALE; MILK; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SELENIUM; SHEEP;

EID: 79956258951     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: 15253163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2010-3394     Document Type: Article

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