We investigated the impacts of late gestational nutrient restriction in first-parity beef females on prenatal and postnatal nutrient availability to the offspring. During late gestation, nutrient restricted dams lost ...

were investigated in beef cattle. Colostrum volume and weight from nutrient restricted dams was 40 percent less compared with control dams. Although gestational nutrition did not affect gestation length or calf birth weight, calves born to control dams...