Failure of vitamin A to increase litter size in sows receiving injections at various stages of gestation

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1532-1535

  Pusateri, A E ^a,b   Diekman, M A ^b   Singleton, W L ^b  

^a US ARMY INSTITUTE OF SURGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Litter Size; Pigs; Retinol

Indexed keywords

SUS SCROFA; ZEA MAYS;

RETINOL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LITTER SIZE; MALE; PARITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SWINE;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LITTER SIZE; MALE; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; SWINE; VITAMIN A;

EID: 0033144699     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1999.7761532x     Document Type: Article

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