Influence of lactation length and feed intake on reproductive performance and blood concentrations of glucose, insulin and luteinizing hormone in primiparous sows

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 153-163

  Koketsu, Yuzo ^a,b   Dial, Gary D ^a   Pettigrew, James E ^a   Xue, Jinliang ^a   Yang, Hong ^a   Lucia, Thomaz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Glucose; Insulin; LH; Nutrition; Postpartum; Sow

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; EATING; ESTRUS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; LACTATION; MALE; METABOLISM; PARITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; SWINE; TIME;

ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; EATING; ESTRUS; FEMALE; INSULIN; LACTATION; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; PARITY; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; SWINE; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0032555472     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4320(98)00093-1     Document Type: Article

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