Reproductive endocrinology and postweaning performance in the multiparous sow Part 1. Influence of metabolic status during lactation

Theriogenology

Volumn 58, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1503-1517

  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; Metabolism; Nonesterified fatty acids; Ovulation rate; Sow

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; ESTRADIOL; FATTY ACID; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROGESTERONE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UREA;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; ENDOCRINOLOGY; ESTRUS; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; LACTATION; LIPID METABOLISM; LITTER SIZE; MALE; METABOLIC RATE; METABOLISM; MULTIPARA; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OVULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN METABOLISM; REPRODUCTION; SWINE; WEANING;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BODY WEIGHT; CREATININE; ESTRADIOL; ESTRUS; FATTY ACIDS, NONESTERIFIED; FEMALE; LACTATION; LITTER SIZE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OVULATION; PROGESTERONE; REPRODUCTION; SWINE; TRIGLYCERIDES; UREA; WEANING;

EID: 0036836581     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(02)01059-2     Document Type: Article

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