Environmental and seasonal influences on the return-to-oestrus after weaning in primiparous sows: A review

Livestock Production Science

Volumn 45, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 103-110

  Prunier, A ^a   Quesnel, H ^a   Messias De Braganca M ^a   Kermabon, A Y ^b  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b UMR85 PHYSIOLOGIE DE LA REPRODUCTION ET DES COMPORTEMENTS   (France)

Author keywords

Photoperiod; Reproduction; Sow; Temperature

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001359288     PISSN: 03016226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0301-6226(96)00007-3     Document Type: Review

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