Placenta
Volume 29, Issue 6 , Pages 539-548 , June 2008

Effect of Variable Long-Term Maternal Feed Allowance on the Development of the Ovine Placenta and Fetus

  • S.P. Quigley

      Affiliations

    • South Australian Research and Development Institute, Turretfield Research Centre, Rosedale, SA 5350, Australia
    • South Australian Research and Development Institute, Livestock Systems Alliance, Roseworthy Campus, University of Adelaide, Roseworthy, SA 5371, Australia
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  • D.O. Kleemann

      Affiliations

    • South Australian Research and Development Institute, Turretfield Research Centre, Rosedale, SA 5350, Australia
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  • S.K. Walker

      Affiliations

    • South Australian Research and Development Institute, Turretfield Research Centre, Rosedale, SA 5350, Australia
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  • P.A. Speck

      Affiliations

    • South Australian Research and Development Institute, Livestock Systems Alliance, Roseworthy Campus, University of Adelaide, Roseworthy, SA 5371, Australia
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  • S.R. Rudiger

      Affiliations

    • South Australian Research and Development Institute, Livestock Systems Alliance, Roseworthy Campus, University of Adelaide, Roseworthy, SA 5371, Australia
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  • G.S. Nattrass

      Affiliations

    • South Australian Research and Development Institute, Livestock Systems Alliance, Roseworthy Campus, University of Adelaide, Roseworthy, SA 5371, Australia
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  • M.J. DeBlasio

      Affiliations

    • Research Centre for Early Origins of Adult Disease, School of Paediatrics and Reproductive Health, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia
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  • J.A. Owens

      Affiliations

    • Research Centre for Early Origins of Adult Disease, School of Paediatrics and Reproductive Health, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +61 8 8524 9665; fax: +61 8 8524 9088.

,Accepted 27 February 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.placenta.2008.02.014

Placenta
Volume 29, Issue 6 , Pages 539-548 , June 2008

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