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Table 2.

Fetal and maternal data from control ewes fed 100% of the NRC-recommended diet, and obese ewes fed 150% of the NRC-recommended diet on both day 75 and day 135 of gestation

	Day 75 of Gestation		Day 135 of Gestation
Measurements	C	OB	C	OB
Number of twin pregnancies	5	5	4	6
Fetal weight, g	185.7 ± 6.9^a	234.4 ± 6.6^b	5024.5 ± 163.4^c	4827.4 ± 169.1^c
Crown rump length, cm	17.3 ± 0.5^a	19.6 ± 0.4^b	58.1 ± 0.7^c	57.1 ± 0.8^c
Number of placentomes	88.6 ± 4.8^a	93.4 ± 5^a	72.8 ± 3.5^b,^e	84.3 ± 4.6^a,^f
Total placentome weight, g	709.5 ± 38.9^a,^e	654.6 ± 37.6^a	623.3 ± 15.8^a,f	486 ± 14.2^b
Average placentome weight, g	16.3 ± 0.9^a	14.4 ± 1.1^a	17.2 ± 0.6^a	11.6 ± 0.6^b
Fetal/placental weight ratio	0.27 ± 0.02^a	0.37 ± 0.02^b	8.1 ± 0.3^c	10 ± 0.4^d

NRC, National Research Council; C, control; OB, obese.

^a,b,c,dValues are means ± SE within a row when superscripted letters differ (P < 0.05). ^e,fValues are means ± SE within a row when superscripted letters differ (P < 0.10).