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The Effects of Prenatal Diet on Calf Performance and Perspectives for Fetal Programming Studies: A Meta-Analytical Investigation.
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- Exploring the Influence of Parity on Metabolic Profile, Performance and Offspring Growth inVeterinary sciences · 2025Article
- Multi-omics analysis reveals the effects of prenatal nutrition on carcass-related tissues in beef cattle.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Can early weaning in the previous lactation of beef cows affect the metabolism and postnatal development of female offspring?Tropical animal health and production · 2025Article
- Maternal Overnutrition in Beef Cattle: Effects on Fetal Programming, Metabolic Health, and Postnatal Outcomes.Biology · 2025Review
- Impacts of prenatal nutrition on metabolic pathways in beef cattle: an integrative approach using metabolomics and metagenomics.BMC genomics · 2025Article
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- Maternal metabolizable energy intake during late gestation affects energy metabolism of the skeletal muscle of beef offspring.Journal of animal science · 2025Article
- Differential gene expression in neonatal calf muscle tissues from Hanwoo cows overfed during mid to late pregnancy period.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Fetal Programming Influence on Microbiome Diversity and Ruminal and Cecal Epithelium in Beef Cattle.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Article
- Effect of pregnancy and feeding level on voluntary intake, digestion, and microbial nitrogen synthesis in Zebu beef cows.Tropical animal health and production · 2024Article
- Maternal protein supplementation during mid-gestation improves offspring performance and metabolism in beef cows.Journal of animal science · 2024Article
- Effects of rate of body weight gain during the first trimester of gestation on beef heifer and offspring performance, concentrations of hormones and metabolites, and response to vaccination.Journal of animal science · 2024Article
- Genotype-by-gestational thermal environment interaction and its impact on the future performance of tropical composite beef cattle offspring.Journal of animal science · 2024Article
- Genotype by Prenatal Environment Interaction for Postnatal Growth of Nelore Beef Cattle Raised under Tropical Grazing Conditions.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023Article
- Effects of mid-to-late prepartum feed supplementation in Hanwoo beef cows on their performance, blood metabolites, and the carcass characteristics and metabolites of their neonatal calves.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2023Article
- Can the post-ruminal urea release impact liver metabolism, and nutritional status of beef cows at late gestation?PloS one · 2023Article
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Abstract
This meta-analysis aimed to identify knowledge gaps in the scientific literature on future fetal-programming studies and to investigate the factors that determine the performance of beef cows and their offspring. A dataset composed of 35 publications was used. The prenatal diet, body weight (BW), average daily gain (ADG) during pregnancy, and calf sex were elicited as possible modulators of the beef cows and their offspring performance. Then, the correlations between these variables and the outcomes of interest were investigated. A mixed multiple linear regression procedure was used to evaluate the relationships between the responses and all the possible explanatory variables. A knowledge gap was observed in studies focused on zebu animals, with respect to the offspring sex and the consequences of prenatal nutrition in early pregnancy. The absence of studies considering the possible effects promoted by the interactions between the different stressors' sources during pregnancy was also detected. A regression analysis showed that prenatal diets with higher levels of protein improved the ADG of pregnant beef cows and that heavier cows give birth to heavier calves. Variations in the BW at weaning were related to the BW at birth and calf sex. Therefore, this research reinforces the importance of monitoring the prenatal nutrition of beef cows.
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