Influence of feed intake during individual weeks of lactation on reproductive performance of sows on commercial farms

Livestock Production Science

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 217-225

  Koketsu, Yuzo ^a   Dial, Gary D ^a   Pettigrew, James E ^a   King, Vickie L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Lactation feed intake; Reproductive efficiency; Sows; Stage of lactation

Indexed keywords

FEED INTAKE; LACTATION; REPRODUCTIVE PERFORMANCE; SOW;

SUS SCROTA;

EID: 0031390721     PISSN: 03016226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-6226(97)00050-X     Document Type: Article

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