The contribution of changes in milk delivery to the prolongation of lactational infertility induced by food restriction or increased litter size

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 65, Issue 4-5, 1998, Pages 711-715

  Woodside, Barbara ^a   Popeski, Naomi ^a  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anovulation; Food availability; Lactation; Litter size; Milk production

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANOVULATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIESTRUS; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; LACTATION; LITTER SIZE; MILK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUCKLING;

EID: 0032456556     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(98)00210-8     Document Type: Article

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