Simulated stress and the biochemical, endocrine and reproductive consequences in the pig

Reproduction in Domestic Animals

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 565-569

  Madej, A ^a,b   Einarsson, S ^a,b   Romanowicz, K ^a,c   Forsberg, M ^a,b   Tsuma, V T ^a,b   Engstrom W ^a,b   Barcikowski, B ^a,c  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b Department of Physiology ^*  (Sweden)

^c KIELANOWSKI INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY AND NUTRITION   (Poland)

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