Effects of maternal nutrition and stage of gestation on body weight, visceral organ mass, and indices of jejunal cellularity, proliferation, and vascularity in pregnant ewe lambs1

2009 ◽  
Vol 87 (1) ◽  
pp. 222-235 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. S. Caton ◽  
J. J. Reed ◽  
R. P. Aitken ◽  
J. S. Milne ◽  
P. P. Borowicz ◽  
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2008 ◽  
Vol 86 (4) ◽  
pp. 890-901 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. L. Neville ◽  
M. A. Ward ◽  
J. J. Reed ◽  
S. A. Soto-Navarro ◽  
S. L. Julius ◽  
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2013 ◽  
Vol 91 (5) ◽  
pp. 2355-2366 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. D. Sharman ◽  
P. A. Lancaster ◽  
C. P. McMurphy ◽  
G. G. Mafi ◽  
J. D. Starkey ◽  
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2001 ◽  
Vol 79 (9) ◽  
pp. 2481 ◽  
Author(s):  
A N Scheaffer ◽  
J S Caton ◽  
M L Bauer ◽  
L P Reynolds

1972 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 305-312 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sharad V. Apte ◽  
Leela Iyengar

1. The body composition was determined of forty-one fetuses of different gestational ages born to mothers belonging to a low socio-economic group of the population.2. With increasing gestational age the water content fell from 88% at 28 weeks to 76% at term; the fat content increased from 2.1% to 11.2% and the protein content increased from 6.9 to 9.3%.3. The changes in body composition were more closely related to body-weight than to gestational age.4. The calcium, Phosphorus and magnesium contents of the body per unit fat-free weight progressively increased with gestational age, and at term the values appeared to be considerably lower than those reported in the literature. The Ca:P ratio was constant at different body-weights.5. The body iron content per unit of fat-free weight increased marginally with increasing gestational age. The value was almost 30% lower than the values reported from elsewhere.6. It is suggested that chemical composition and nutrient stores of the developing foetus can be considerably influenced by the state of maternal nutrition.


PEDIATRICS ◽  
1973 ◽  
Vol 52 (4) ◽  
pp. 494-503
Author(s):  
Richard L. Naeye ◽  
William Blanc ◽  
Cheryl Paul

In a study of 467 gestations maternal stature had little correlation with fetal growth but mother's pregravid body weight as well as weight gain and low-calorie diets during pregnancy did have such a correlation. Maternal undernutrition before the third trimester had little or no influence on fetal body, organ, and cellular growth while such effects were pronounced in late gestation. Fetal body and organ growth improved with successive pregnancies except in the most poorly nourished mothers, whose successive neonates became more growth retarded.


2013 ◽  
Vol 53 (4) ◽  
pp. 308 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Estrada-Angulo ◽  
Y. S. Valdés ◽  
O. Carrillo-Muro ◽  
B. I. Castro-Perez ◽  
A. Barreras ◽  
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Forty Pelibuey × Kathdin lambs (35.5 ± 0.4 kg) were used in a 56-day feeding experiment to assess the effects of feeding different levels of chromium-enriched live yeast (Cr-YC) on growth performance, dietary energetics, carcass traits and visceral organ mass. The Cr-YC source contained 5.5 × 109 colony forming units (CFU) and 0.40 mg of Cr per gram. Treatments consisted of a dry rolled corn-based finishing diet supplemented with 0, 1, 2 or 3 g Cr-YC/lamb.day. Total daily dosages were: 5.5 × 109 CFU and 0.4 mg; 1.1 × 1010 CFU and 0.8 mg Cr, and 1.65 × 1010 CFU and 1.2 mg Cr for supplementation levels of 1, 2 or 3 g Cr-YC/lamb.day, respectively. There were no treatments effects on dry matter intake. As the level of Cr-YC supplementation increased, average daily gain, gain to feed and dietary net energy were linearly increased, and observed/expected dry matter intake was linearly decreased. Chromium-enriched live yeast supplementation increased empty bodyweight (EBW), gastrointestinal fill and full viscera weight, but did not influence organ weights as a proportion of EBW (g/kg EBW). Cr-YC level did not affect carcass length, backfat thickness, kidney, pelvic and heart fat or body wall thickness, but increased hot carcass weight and longissimus muscle area. In general, treatment effects on percentage yield of wholesale cuts (tissue weight as a percentage of cold carcass weight) were small. However, Cr-YC decreased percentage flank. Chromium-enriched yeast supplementation enhances growth rate, longissimus muscle area, and dietary energetic efficiency in finishing feedlot lambs.


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