Feeding with supplemental squalene enhances the productive performance in boars

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 104, Issue 2-4, 2008, Pages 445-449

  Zhang, Weimin ^a   Zhang, Xixiong ^a   Bi, Dingren ^a   Wang, Xiliang ^a   Cai, Yinghong ^b   Dai, Hanchuan ^a   Chen, Shunyou ^a  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HuBei Jian Feng Farming Company   (China)

Author keywords

Boar; Leptin; Reproduction performance; Squalene; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN; SQUALENE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; LITTER SIZE; MALE; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SWINE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; FEMALE; LEPTIN; LITTER SIZE; MALE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPERM MOTILITY; SQUALENE; SWINE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE;

EID: 38549092024     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2007.08.003     Document Type: Article

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