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. 2010 Jul;140(7):1242–1248. doi: 10.3945/jn.110.125658

TABLE 2.

Maternal body weights on d 28 and 140 of pregnancy in ewes fed 100% NRC, 50% NRC, or 50% NRC + Arg diets and body weights of lambs at birth¹

	Body weight of ewes
	Day of pregnancy		Weight change	Birth weight of lambs
Group	d 28	d 140	(d 140 – d 28)	Birth weight of lambs
	kg
100% NRC	71.1 ± 4.7	80.2 ± 4.7	9.1 ± 3.2^a	3.99 ± 0.24^a
50% NRC	79.5 ± 2.7	74.2 ± 1.8	−4.0 ± 1.8^b	3.06 ± 0.16^b
50% NRC + Arg	80.3 ± 5.7	78.6 ± 6.3	−1.9 ± 0.7^b	3.70 ± 0.21^a

¹

Data are means ± SEM, n = 5. Means in a column with superscripts without a common letter differ, P < 0.01.