Feeding Tall Fescue Seed during Mid and Late Gestation Influences Subsequent Postnatal Growth, Puberty, and Carcass Quality of Offspring
Weaned lambs (<i>n</i> = 82), born to ewes fed endophyte-free (E−) or endophyte-infected (E+; 1.77 mg hd<sup>−1</sup> d<sup>−1</sup> ergovaline + ergovalinine) tall fescue seed from d 35 to 85 of gestation (MID) and/or d 86 of gestation to parturition (LATE), were...
Main Authors: | Maslyn A. Greene, Jessica L. Britt, J. Keith Bertrand, James L. Klotz, William Bridges, John G. Andrae, Susan K. Duckett |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2020-10-01
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Series: | Animals |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/10/10/1859 |
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