Prenatal origins of productivity and quality of beef
Marta Maria dos Santos, Thaís Correia Costa, Germán Darío Ramírez-Zamudio, Karolina Batista Nascimento, Mateus Pies Gionbelli, Márcio de Souza Duarte
Abstract
The productive traits of beef cattle are orchestrated by their genetics, post-natal environmental conditions, and also by the intrauterine background. Both under- or overnutrition, as specific dietary components, are able to promote persistent effects on the offspring. This occurs because dietary factors act not only affecting the availability of substrates for fetal anabolism and oxidative metabolism, but also as signals that regulate several events toward fetal development. Therefore, this study aimed to summarize the gestational nutrition effects on the [...]
Topics & Concepts
OvernutritionOffspringBiologyAnabolismFetusProductivityBeef cattlePregnancyPhysiologyBiotechnologyEndocrinologyGeneticsObesityMacroeconomicsEconomicsBirth, Development, and HealthReproductive Physiology in LivestockAdipose Tissue and Metabolism