Managing the Prenatal Environment to Enhance Livestock Productivity

1. Postnatal Consequences of the Maternal Environment and of Growth During Prenatal Life for Productivity of Ruminants
Paul L. Greenwood, Andrew N. Thompson, Stephen P. Ford

2. Quantification of Prenatal Effects on Productivity in Pigs
Pia M. Nissen, Niels Oksbjerg

3. Managing Prenatal Development of Broiler Chickens to Improve Productivity and Thermotolerance
Zehava Uni, Shlomo Yahav

4. Biological Mechanisms of Fetal Development Relating to Postnatal Growth, Efficiency and Carcass Characteristics in Ruminants
John M. Brameld, Paul L. Greenwood, Alan W. Bell

5. Mechanistic Aspects of Fetal Development Relating to Postnatal Fibre Production and Follicle Development in Ruminants
C. Simon Bawden, David O. Kleemann, Clive J. McLaughlan, Gregory S. Nattrass, Stephanie M. Dunn

6. Mechanistic Aspects of Fetal Development Relating to Postnatal Health and Metabolism in Pigs
Matthew E. Wilson, Lloyd L. Anderson

7. Regulatory Aspects of Fetal Growth and Muscle Development Relating to Postnatal Growth and Carcass Quality in Pigs
Charlotte Rehfeldt, Marcus Mau, Klaus Wimmers

8. Placental Vascularity: A Story of Survival
Stephen P. Ford

9. Management and Environmental Influences on Mammary Gland Development and Milk Production
Anthony V. Capuco, R. Michael Akers

Keywords: Biomedicine, Biomedicine general, Life Sciences, general