Effects of Dietary Selenium and Vitamin E on Boar Performance and Tissue Responses, Semen Quality, and Subsequent Fertilization Rates in Mature Gilts

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 75, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 2994-3003

  Marin Guzman, J ^a,b   Mahan, D C ^a,c   Chung, Y K ^a,d   Pate, J L ^a   Pope, W F ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Land O'Lakes Inc   (United States)

^c Animal Sciences   (United States)

^d Pusan Kyungnam Pig Farmers Coop F   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Fertility; Pigs; Selenium; Semen Characteristics; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

PICHIA JADINII; SUS SCROFA; TORULA;

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; SELENIUM;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; DIET; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIVER; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; RANDOMIZATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL MATURATION; SPERM; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SWINE; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; DIET; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; LIVER; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SELENIUM; SEMEN; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SEXUAL MATURATION; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOGENESIS; SWINE; TESTIS; VITAMIN E;

EID: 0031265346     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1997.75112994x     Document Type: Article

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