The effects of food intake during lactation and post weaning on the reproductive performance and hormone and metabolite concentrations of primiparous sows

Animal Science

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 297-306

  Carroll, C M ^a,b   Lynch, P B ^a   Boland, M P ^b   Spicer, L J ^c   Austin, F H ^b   Leonard, N ^a   Enright, W J ^d,e   Roche, J F ^b  

^a TEAGASC   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d GRANGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ireland)

^e INTERVET INTERNATIONAL BV   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Lactation; Nutrition; Reproductive performance; Sows

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030511429     PISSN: 13577298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1357729800014855     Document Type: Article

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