作者: D.K Revella , S.F Main , B.H Breier , Y.H Cottam , M Hennies
DOI: 10.1016/S0739-7240(00)00059-X
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摘要: Abstract Previous studies have shown that shearing pregnant ewes at mid- or late-pregnancy is associated with an increase in lamb birth weight. The present study was designed to investigate metabolic responses may underlie this response. Single- and twin-bearing were either unshorn shorn mid-pregnancy (Day 69 of pregnancy; P69), insulin, glucose epinephrine challenges conducted on P109–111 P132–134. Shearing increased the weight twin lambs by over 1 kg (P