Risk factors for stillbirth and foetal mummification in four Brazilian swine herds

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 165-176

  Borges, Vladimir F ^a   Bernardi, Mari L ^a   Bortolozzo, Fernando P ^a   Wentz, Ivo ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Farrowing; Litter size; Mummified; Parity; Placenta; Stillborn piglets

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; BREEDING; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEATH; LITTER SIZE; MISSED ABORTION; PARITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWINE; TIME;

ABORTION, MISSED; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BRAZIL; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; FETUS; LITTER SIZE; LOGISTIC MODELS; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; RISK FACTORS; SWINE; TIME FACTORS;

SUS SCROFA;

EID: 22244477142     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2005.03.003     Document Type: Article

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