Nutritional restriction in lactating primiparous sows selectively affects female embryo survival and overall litter development

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 347-355

  Vinsky, M D ^a   Novak, S ^a   Dixon, W T ^a   Dyck, M K ^a   Foxcroft, G R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Catabolism; Imprinting; Pig; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

FAT; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROWN RUMP LENGTH; DEVELOPMENT; DIET RESTRICTION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEATH; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENERGY BALANCE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; LACTATION; NONHUMAN; OVULATION; PARITY; PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT; PREGNANCY; PRIMIPARA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL; SWINE; WEANING;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA; EATING; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENES, SRY; LACTATION; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; SEX RATIO; SUS SCROFA;

ANIMALIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 31944443506     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD05142     Document Type: Article

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