Supplementation of dextrose to the diet during the weaning to estrus interval affects subsequent variation in within-litter piglet birth weight

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 91, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 353-358

  Van Den Brand, H ^a   Soede, N M ^a   Kemp, B ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Dextrose; Sows; Within litter variation

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DRUG EFFECT; ESTRUS; FEMALE; LITTER SIZE; PARITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SWINE; TIME; WEANING;

ANIMALS; BIRTH WEIGHT; DIET; ESTRUS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE; LITTER SIZE; PARITY; PREGNANCY; SWINE; TIME FACTORS; WEANING;

EID: 27944465297     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2005.04.009     Document Type: Article

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