Abstract
Abstract Twenty-one pregnant ewes (12 non-superovulated and nine superovulated prior to mating) were used to study the effect of superovulation on mammary gland differential growth at weeks 7 and 15 of pregnancy. The experimental ewes were slaughtered at the respective stage of pregnancy and the mammary glands were excised to determine mammary gland growth and development by measuring mammary dry fat-free tissue (DFFT), mammary DNA, RNA, collagen, protein and glycogen. In the ewes slaughtered at Week 7 of pregnancy, superovulation increased (p
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