Meconium staining of the skin and meconium aspiration in porcine intrapartum stillbirths

Livestock Science

Volumn 102, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 155-162

  Mota Rojas, D ^a   Martinez Burnes, J ^b   Alonso Spilsbury, M L ^a   Lopez, A ^c   Ramirez Necoechea, R ^a   Trujillo Ortega, M E ^d   Medina Hernandez, F J ^b   de la Cruz, N I ^b   Albores Torres, V ^a   Loredo Osti, J ^b  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE SISTEMAS BIOLÓGICOS   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE TAMAULIPAS   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Amniotic fluid; Intrapartum mortality; Meconium; Piglets; Stillbirths

Indexed keywords

SUIDAE;

EID: 33745013923     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2006.01.002     Document Type: Article

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