The influence of insulin administration after weaning the first litter on ovulation rate and embryo survival in sows

Theriogenology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 479-485

  Whitley, N C ^a   Payne, D B ^a   Zhang, H ^a   Cox, N M ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Embryo survival; Insulin; Ovulation rate; Primiparous sow; Weaning to estrus interval

Indexed keywords

INSULIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYOLOGY; ESTRUS; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; GESTATIONAL AGE; HISTOLOGY; HORMONAL REGULATION; LACTATION; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; OVULATION; PARITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SWINE; TIME; UTERUS; UTERUS WEIGHT; WEANING;

ANIMALS; ESTRUS; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; GESTATIONAL AGE; INSULIN; LACTATION; ORGAN SIZE; OVULATION; PARITY; PREGNANCY; SWINE; TIME FACTORS; UTERUS; WEANING;

EID: 17344375384     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(98)00154-X     Document Type: Article

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