Reproductive endocrinology and postweaning performance in the multiparous sow Part 2. Influence of nursing behavior

Theriogenology

Volumn 58, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1519-1530

  Hultén, Fredrik ^a   Valros, Anna ^b   Rundgren, Margareta ^a   Einarsson, Stig ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Estrus; Lactation; Nursing; Ovulation rate; Sow

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; HYDROCORTISONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROGESTERONE;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ESTRUS; FEMALE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; LACTATION; LITTER SIZE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MATERNAL CARE; MULTIPARA; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OVULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCTION; SUCKING; SWINE; WEANING;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; ESTRADIOL; ESTRUS; FEMALE; HYDROCORTISONE; LACTATION; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; OVULATION; PROGESTERONE; REPRODUCTION; SUCKING BEHAVIOR; SWINE; WEANING;

EID: 0036836531     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(02)01060-9     Document Type: Article

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