Impacts on conceptus survival in a commercial swine herd

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 553-559

  Vonnahme, K A ^a,c   Wilson, M E ^a,d   Foxcroft, G R ^b   Ford, S P ^a,c  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^d WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abortion; Commercial farming; Placenta

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; SUS SCROFA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CORPUS LUTEUM; ESTRUS; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; FETUS WEIGHT; HISTOLOGY; LITTER SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SURVIVAL; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE; TIME; UTERUS; VETERINARY ABORTION;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMALS; CORPUS LUTEUM; ESTRUS; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; FETAL WEIGHT; LITTER SIZE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; TIME FACTORS; UTERUS;

EID: 0036513303     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/2002.803553x     Document Type: Article

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