Circannual body reserve dynamics and metabolic profile changes in Romane ewes grazing on rangelands

Domestic Animal Endocrinology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 37-48

  Gonzalez Garcia E ^a   Gozzo de Figuereido, V ^b   Foulquie, D ^c   Jousserand, E ^c   Autran, P ^c   Camous, S ^d,e   Tesniere, A ^a   Bocquier, F ^a,f   Jouven, M ^a,f  

^a UMR SELMET   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c INRA UE0321   (France)

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

^e ECOLE NATIONALE VÉTÉRINAIRE D ALFORT   (France)

^f MONTPELLIER SUPAGRO   (France)

Author keywords

Body reserves; Grazing system; Metabolic hormones; Physiological state; Plasma metabolites; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOVIDAE; HORDEUM; OVIS ARIES;

3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; FATTY ACID; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN; LEPTIN; LIOTHYRONINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; METABOLISM; METABOLOME; NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SHEEP;

3-HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY WEIGHT; FATTY ACIDS, NONESTERIFIED; FEMALE; INSULIN; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; LEPTIN; METABOLOME; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SHEEP; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

EID: 84892364823     PISSN: 07397240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.domaniend.2013.10.002     Document Type: Article

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