Litter characteristics of gilts artificially inseminated with transforming growth factor-β

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 153-156

  Rhodes, Michelle ^a   Brendemuhl, Joel H ^a   Hansen, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fertility; Litter size; Pigs; Pregnancy; Transforming growth factor

Indexed keywords

ALTRENOGEST; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; GELATIN; MATRIX; RECOMBINANT TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; SERIC GONADOTROPIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM; ESTRUS; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FETUS; FETUS GROWTH; FETUS WEIGHT; GENITAL SYSTEM; GESTATIONAL AGE; LITTER SIZE; MALE; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; PLACENTA WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPERM; SPERM DONOR; SURVIVAL; SWINE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FETAL WEIGHT; FETUS; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; LITTER SIZE; MALE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; SEMEN; SWINE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

EID: 33746614434     PISSN: 10467408     EISSN: 16000897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.2006.00423.x     Document Type: Article

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