Body Composition at Farrowing and Nutrition during Lactation Affect the Performance of Primiparous Sows: I. Voluntary Feed Intake, Weight Loss, and Plasma Metabolites

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 76, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1729-1737

  Revell, D K ^a   Williams, I H ^a   Mullan, B P ^b   Ranford, J L ^b   Smits, R J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Agriculture WA   (Australia)

^c Bunge Meat Industries   (Australia)

Author keywords

Body Fat; Fatty Acids; Feed Intake; Gilts; Glycerol; Weight Losses

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; FATTY ACID; GLUCOSE; GLYCEROL; HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; INSULIN;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; DIET; EATING; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; LABOR; LACTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN INTAKE; SWINE;

3-HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; DIET; DIETARY PROTEINS; EATING; FATTY ACIDS, NONESTERIFIED; FEMALE; GLUCOSE; GLYCEROL; HYDROXYBUTYRATES; INSULIN; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; LACTATION; PREGNANCY; SWINE;

EID: 0032113429     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1998.7671729x     Document Type: Article

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