Effects of suckling intensity on milk yield and piglet growth from lactation-enhanced gilts

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 84, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 2346-2351

  Marshall, K M ^a   Hurley, W L ^a   Shanks, R D ^a   Wheeler, M B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

lactalbumin; Milk yield; Piglet growth; Suckling intensity; Swine; Transgenic animal

Indexed keywords

LACTALBUMIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; FEMALE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LACTATION; MILK; PHYSIOLOGY; SECRETION; SUCKLING; SWINE; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; CATTLE; FEMALE; LACTALBUMIN; LACTATION; MILK; SWINE;

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 33748524191     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2005-764     Document Type: Article

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