Effect of Nutrition on Embryonal Mortality in Gilts: Association with Progesterone

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 620-624

  Jindal, R ^a   Cosgrove, J R ^a   Aherne, F X ^a   Foxcroft, G R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Embryo Mortality; Nutrition; Pigs; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD; EATING; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; OVULATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; RANDOMIZATION; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; EATING; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; OVULATION; PROGESTERONE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0030097089     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1996.743620x     Document Type: Article

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