Table 1.

Maternal weight (kg)

	Singleton-bearing ewes		Twin-bearing ewes
	N (n = 15)	PCUN (n = 13)	N (n = 13)	PCUN (n = 15)
Day −71	64.1 ± 1.3	65.0 ± 1.5	62.9 ± 1.9	66.0 ± 1.5
Day −2	65.9 ± 1.5	55.2 ± 1.3**	64.1 ± 1.8	55.6 ± 1.1**
Day 110	68.5 ± 1.5	62.5 ± 1.6*	67.5 ± 1.1	66.8 ± 1.6*

Data are mean ±s.e.m. PCUN, periconceptional undernutrition. See text for detail of nutritional groups.

^**P < 0.01

^*P < 0.05 for nutrition effect.