Treatment of swine summer infertility syndrome by means of oxytocin under field conditions

Theriogenology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 829-836

  Pena, F J ^a   Dominguez, J C ^a   Carbajo, M ^a   Anel, L ^a   Alegre, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Oxytocin; Pig. Summer infertility; Treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000710051     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(98)00032-6     Document Type: Article

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