Managing the Prenatal Environment to Enhance Livestock Productivity - Greenwood, Paul L.; Bell, Alan W.; Vercoe, Philip E.; Viljoen, Gerrit J.; SpringerLink (Online service) (Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2010)
Quantifying the Magnitude of Prenatal Effects on Productivity -- Postnatal Consequences of the Maternal Environment and of Growth During Prenatal Life for Productivity of Ruminants -- Quantification of Prenatal Effects on Productivity in Pigs -- Managing Prenatal Development of Broiler Chickens to Improve Productivity and Thermotolerance -- Mechanistic Basis of Postnatal Consequences of Fetal Development -- Biological Mechanisms of Fetal Development Relating to Postnatal Growth, Efficiency and Carcass Characteristics in Ruminants -- Mechanistic Aspects of Fetal Development Relating to Postnatal Fibre Production and Follicle Development in Ruminants -- Mechanistic Aspects of Fetal Development Relating to Postnatal Health and Metabolism in Pigs -- Regulatory Aspects of Fetal Growth and Muscle Development Relating to Postnatal Growth and Carcass Quality in Pigs -- Regulators of Fetal and Neonatal Nutrient Supply -- Placental Vascularity: A Story of Survival -- Management and Environmental Influences on Mammary Gland Development and Milk Production.
Keywords: Animal genetics; Medicine; Life sciences; Animal Genetics and Genomics; Biomedicine, general; Life Sciences, general