Glucose Tolerance of Pregnant Sows Is Related to Postnatal Pig Mortality

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 879-885

  Kemp, B ^a   Soede, N M ^a   Vesseur, P C ^c   Heimond, F A ^b   Spoorenberg, J H ^a   Frankena, K ^a  

^a Department of Animal Husbandry ^*  (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Research Institute for Pig Husbandry   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Glucose Tolerance; Pig Mortality; Sows

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; KETONE BODY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BREEDING; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; GLUCOSURIA; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTION; SWINE; TIME; URINE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; GLYCOSURIA; KETONE BODIES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTION; SWINE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030120479     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1996.744879x     Document Type: Article

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