Prenatal nutrition, fetal programming and opportunities for farm animal research

Ruminant Physiology: Digestion, Metabolism and Impact of Nutrition on Gene Expression, Immunology and Stress

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 345-361

  Breier, B H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Animal performance; Fetal growth; Fetal programming; Partitioning of nutrients; Postnatal growth

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899226125     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.3920/978-90-8686-566-6     Document Type: Chapter

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