Serum progesterone profile in prepubertal Hampshire gilts following boar contact and hormone treatment

Indian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 279-280

  Baishya, D ^a,b   Baruah, K K ^a,c   Dutta, A ^a,b   Baruah, Anubha ^a,b   Borah, P ^a,b  

^a ASSAM AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Department of Parasitology

^c National Research Centre on Mithun India   (India)

Author keywords

Boar contact; Induced oestrus; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

SUIDAE;

EID: 47949086769     PISSN: 03678318     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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