Effects of lactation length and an exogenous progesterone and estradiol-17β regimen during embryo attachment on endogenous steroid concentrations and embryo survival in sows

Theriogenology

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 2063-2081

  Belstra, B A ^a,b   Diekman, M A ^a   Richert, B T ^a   Singleton, W L ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Early weaning; Embryo mortality; Lactation length; Progesterone; Sow

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTRONE; ESTRONE SULFATE; HORMONE; PROGESTERONE; SEX HORMONE; DRUG DERIVATIVE;

AMNION FLUID; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BLOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO MORTALITY; EMBRYOLOGY; ESTRUS; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; LACTATION; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; OVULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SWINE; TIME; WEANING; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; ESTRADIOL; ESTRONE; ESTRUS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HORMONES; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; LACTATION; OVULATION; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE; SWINE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035983561     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(02)00675-1     Document Type: Article

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