Nutritional regulation of fetal growth and implications for productive life in ruminants

The maternal nutritional and metabolic environment is critical in determining not only the reproductive success but also the long-term health and viability of the offspring. Changes in maternal diet at defined stages of gestation coincident with different stages of development can have pronounced ef...

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Main Authors: M.E. Symonds, S.P. Sebert, H. Budge
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2010-01-01
Series:Animal
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751731110000479