Returns to service after mating and removal of sows for reproductive reasons from commercial swine farms

Theriogenology

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1347-1363

  Koketsu, Y ^a   Dial, G D ^a,b   King, V L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anestrus; Culling; Infertility; Repeat breeder; Returns to service

Indexed keywords

ANESTRUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; LACTATION; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SWINE;

EID: 0031430659     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(97)00127-1     Document Type: Article

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