Impact of boar exposure on puberty attainment and breeding outcomes in gilts

Theriogenology

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 2015-2025

  Patterson, J L ^a   Willis, H J ^a   Kirkwood, R N ^a   Foxcroft, G R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boar; Gilt; Leptin; Puberty

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN; SOMATOMEDIN C; TESTOSTERONE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BODY FAT; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GROWTH RATE; MALE; MATING; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PUBERTY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL MATURATION; SWINE; VASECTOMY; HISTOLOGY;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; BREEDING; FEMALE; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; LEPTIN; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SEXUAL MATURATION; SWINE; VASECTOMY;

EID: 0035983553     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(02)00674-X     Document Type: Article

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