Relationships between serum IGF-I concentrations and piglet development or neonatal viability following porcine somatotropin (pST) and insulin administration to gestating gilts

Theriogenology

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1403-1412

  Okere, C ^a   Hacker, R R ^a   Werchola, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gilt; IGF I; Insulin; Piglet viability; PST

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; INSULIN; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CROWN RUMP LENGTH; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; SURVIVAL RATE; SWINE;

EID: 0031404537     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(97)00131-3     Document Type: Article

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