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UNTIL recently there was little evidence that the plane of nutrition in early pregnancy could affect ovine foetal growth or survival1–3. In the past year or so, however, it has been shown that maternal undernutrition during the first 90 days of gestation may influence foetal weight at 90 days4 and possibly embryo survival5.
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EDEY, T. Undernutrition and Early Embryonic Mortality in Merino Ewes. Nature 208, 1232 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1038/2081232a0
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