Investigation of a simplified artificial lighting programme to improve the fertility of sows in commercial piggeries

Veterinary Record

Volumn 156, Issue 22, 2005, Pages 702-705

  Tast, A ^a   Halli O ^a   Virolainen, J V ^a   Oravainen, J ^a   Heinonen, M ^a   Peltoniemi, O A T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CLASSIFICATION; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FOLLOW UP; ILLUMINATION; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LITTER SIZE; MATING; NONHUMAN; PARITY; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PIG FARMING; PREDICTION; REPRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; WEANING;

EID: 20444393417     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.156.22.702     Document Type: Article

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