Factors affecting follicular populations on Day 3 postweaning and interval to ovulation in a commercial sow herd

Theriogenology

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 11-20

  Bracken, C J ^a   Lamberson, W R ^a   Safranski, T J ^a   Lucy, M C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Estrus; Follicle; Ovulation; Sow; Weaning

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038138086     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(02)01287-6     Document Type: Article

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