Effect of feeding level during rearing and mating strategy on performance of Swedish Yorkshire sows 1. Growth, puberty and conception rate

Animal Science

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 355-363

  Le Cozler, Y ^a   Ringmar Cederberg, E ^a   Johansen, S ^a   Dourmad, J Y ^b   Neil, M ^a   Stern, S ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Gilts; Oestrus; Puberty; Restricted feeding; Unrestricted feeding

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0033114788     PISSN: 13577298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s1357729800050359     Document Type: Article

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