Effect of dietary supplementation of different oils during the first or second half of pregnancy on the glucose tolerance of the sow
Poor glucose tolerance may be an under-researched contributory factor in the high (10% to 20%) pre-weaning mortality rate observed in pigs. Insulin resistance commences at around week 12 of gestation in the sow, although there are conflicting reports in the literature about the extent to which insul...
Main Authors: | A.M. Corson, J. Laws, J.C. Litten, P.F. Dodds, I.J. Lean, L. Clarke |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2008-01-01
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Series: | Animal |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751731108002188 |
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