Reproduction Abstracts

Sex specific expression occurs in 20–30% of all hepatic genes in the adult animal (1). We have shown that there is an interaction between gender and the level of maternal dietary protein intake on bovine fetal development as early as 36–39 days post conception (dpc) We hypothesise that exposure to different levels of maternal protein intake in the periconceptional period (60d preconception to 23dpc) and in the postconceptional period (23–98dpc) will result in a ...