The effect of maternal nutritional status during mid gestation on placental characteristics in ewes
     
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Uğur Şen Kırşehir Ahi Evran Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Prof. Dr. Emre ŞİRİN Kırşehir Ahi Evran Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Mehmet Kuran Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Makale Türü Özgün Makale (SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayınlanan tam makale)
Dergi Adı ANIMAL REPRODUCTION SCIENCE
Dergi ISSN 0378-4320 Wos Dergi Scopus Dergi
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler SSCI
Makale Dili İngilizce Basım Tarihi 02-2013
Cilt / Sayı / Sayfa 137 / 1 / 31–36 DOI 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2012.11.014
Makale Linki http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0378432012003855
Özet
The aim of this study was to determine the effects of maternal nutritional status during mid-gestation on placental characteristics in ewes. Time of estrus of 3–5 years old Karayaka breed ewes was synchronized and mating was monitored to determine the day 0 of gestation. The ewes had similar body weights (47.8±0.7kg) and loin eye muscle values (thickness; 20.9±1.0mm and fat thickness; 4.7±0.5mm) at mating. The ewes were allocated into two treatment groups at day 30 of gestation; under-fed (UF; n=12) and well-fed (WF; n=13) groups. The ewes in UF group were fed with a diet to provide 50% of their daily requirement from day 30 to day 80 of gestation and 100% of their daily requirement during the rest of the gestation period. The ewes in WF group were fed at least 100% of their daily requirement throughout gestation. The singleton bearing ewes in the UF group had a lesser (P<0.05) placental weight (354.1 …
Anahtar Kelimeler
Maternal nutrition, Mid-gestation, Placenta, Cotyledon, Lamb birth weight