@conference {3678,
	title = {BRIEF COMMUNICATION: Inter-generational effects on male offspring born to ewes whose dams were offered varying feeding levels in pregnancy},
	booktitle = {Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	volume = {74},
	year = {2014},
	month = {06/2014},
	pages = {199-201},
	address = {Napier},
	abstract = {There is a growing body of evidence to indicate that pregnancy nutrition can affect the productive performance of the offspring in sheep (Kenyon \& Blair 2014). Recently we demonstrated that pastoral-based feeding of the ewe (G0) can affect the milk production of the ewe offspring (G1) and the growth and live weight of the grand-offspring (G2) to weaning (van der Linden et al. 2009; Paten et al. 2013). An effect of feeding on grand-offspring is termed an inter-generational effect, and while these effects have been reported in species such as mice and rats, their occurrence in the sheep literature is rare.
There is some evidence to suggest feeding of the ewe in pregnancy can alter the growth and carcass characteristics of her offspring (see review Greenwood et al. 2010) but there is no data available on potential inter-generational effects. The aim of the present study was to determine if feeding of the ewe (G0) in either early- or mid- to late-pregnancy could alter the live weight and slaughter characteristics of male grand (G2) offspring...},
	issn = {1176-5283},
	author = {Burnham DL and Kenyon PR and Pain SJ and Hickson RE and Peterson SW and Blair HT}
}
