Factors affecting the number of teats in pigs

Journal of Reproduction and Fertility

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 97-100

  Drickamer, L C ^a,b   Rosenthal, T L ^a   Arthur, R D ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROWN RUMP LENGTH; FEMALE; HEREDITY; LITTER SIZE; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NIPPLE; NONHUMAN; POSITION EFFECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SWINE; UTERUS;

SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0033046563     PISSN: 00224251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/jrf.0.1150097     Document Type: Article

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