Conception Failure in Swine: Importance of the Sex Ratio of a Female's Birth Litter and Tests of Other Factors

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 75, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 2192-2196

  Drickamer, Lee C ^a   Arthur, Robert D ^a   Rosenthal, Thomas L ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conception Rate; Pigs; Reproduction; Sex Ratio

Indexed keywords

SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BREEDING; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION; HISTOLOGY; INCIDENCE; LITTER SIZE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; SEASON; SEX RATIO; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BREEDING; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; INCIDENCE; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; LITTER SIZE; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; SEASONS; SEX RATIO; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

EID: 0031201344     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1997.7582192x     Document Type: Article

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