The influence of fatness on the likelihood of early-winter pregnancy in muskoxen (Ovibos moschatus)

Theriogenology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 605-614

  Adamczewski, J Z ^a,d   Fargey, P J ^b   Laarveld, B ^a   Gunn, A ^c   Flood, P F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b Grasslands National Park   (Canada)

^c DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

^d Yukon Renewable Resources   (Canada)

Author keywords

Body condition; IGF 1; Muskox; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

SOMATOMEDIN C;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BOVIDS; BREEDING; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEER; FEMALE; LACTATION; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; SEASON; WINTER;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; CATTLE; FEMALE; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; LACTATION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; REINDEER; RUMINANTS; SEASONS;

EID: 0032170535     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(98)00165-4     Document Type: Article

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