Texas AgriLife Research scientists based their study on female sheep because they are an agriculturally important species, which can serve as an excellent animal model for studying the physiology of human pregnancy, the researchers said.
The study's results not only will assist with solving foetal development problems in other livestock, but possibly in humans, said Dr. Guoyao Wu, AgriLife Research animal nutritionist & Senior Faculty Fellow in the Department of Animal Science at Texas A&M University.
"Because 5-10% of infants are born as low birth-weight babies worldwide, & because foetal-growth retardation is also a significant problem in livestock species, our findings have important implications for both human health & animal agriculture," Wu said.
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