Maternal periconceptional undernutrition in Merinos d'Arles sheep: 1. Effects on pregnancy and reproduction results of dams and offspring growth performances

Theriogenology

Volumn 77, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1453-1465

  Debus, N ^a   Chavatte Palmer, P ^b,c,d   Viudes, G ^a   Camous, S ^b,c   Rosefort A ^b,c   Hassoun, P ^a  

^a UMR SELMET   (France)

^b INRA Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

^c ECOLE NATIONALE VÉTÉRINAIRE D ALFORT   (France)

^d PremUp Foundation   (France)

Author keywords

Lamb; Leptin; Periconceptional; Sheep; Undernutrition

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; HYDROCORTISONE; LEPTIN; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; MALNUTRITION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY RATE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; REPRODUCTION; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; BIRTH WEIGHT; FATTY ACIDS, NONESTERIFIED; FEMALE; HYDROCORTISONE; LEPTIN; MALNUTRITION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY RATE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PROGESTERONE; REPRODUCTION; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 84858290126     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2011.11.015     Document Type: Article

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