Development of the gastrointestinal tract of newborn goats under maternal feed restriction at different stages of gestation
Luana Ruiz dos Santos,
Thaís Correia Costa,
Ranyeri Oliveira Souza
et al.
Abstract:This study evaluated how nutritional insults applied at different stages of intrauterine development affect the growth and development of total tract organs and the mRNA expression of genes that encode growth factors, tight junction proteins, digestive enzymes, and glucose transporters in the small intestine of newborn goats. Fourteen nulliparous dairy goats were assigned to one of two nutritional plans over gestation: maintenance-restriction (M-R, n = 8) -100% of maintenance requirement from d 8-84 of gestati… Show more
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