INFLUENCE OF PREGNANCY AND LACTATION ON GLUCOSE METABOLISM OF NUBIAN GOATS

Two in vivo metabolic challenges were conducted to assess the changes in glucose metabolism during three intervals prepartum (-6, -4, -2 weeks) and three postpartum (+2, +4, +6 weeks) in six multiparous pregnant Nubian goats. Challenges consisted of intravenous administration of 1) glucose (62.5 g/g...

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Main Authors: J. Chávez, Guadalupe Bernal, A. Rodríguez, K. Mark, E. Díaz, A. Aguilera, T. Reis de Souza, C. Betancourt, M. Cárdenas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán 2009-06-01
Series:Tropical and Subtropical Agroecosystems
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Online Access:http://www.revista.ccba.uady.mx/ojs/index.php/TSA/article/view/66