Mammary development and milk production in the sow: Effects of udder massage, genotype and feeding in late gestation

Livestock Science

Volumn 101, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 116-125

  Thodberg, Karen ^a   Sørensen, Martin T ^a  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Feeding; Mammary tissue; Nursing behaviour; Udder development; Udder massage

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646355462     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livprodsci.2005.10.020     Document Type: Article

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