Role of luteinizing hormone in primiparous sow responses to split weaning

Reproduction in Domestic Animals

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 445-450

  Zak, L ^a,d   Foxcroft, G R ^b   Aherne, F X ^a   Kirkwood, R N ^c  

^a ALBERTA AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Bioniche Animal Health   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LACTATION; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; OVARY FOLLICLE; PARITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZATION; REPRODUCTION; SUCKLING; SWINE; WEANING;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; LACTATION; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; PARITY; PREGNANCY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REPRODUCTION; SWINE; WEANING;

EID: 48249106705     PISSN: 09366768     EISSN: 14390531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0531.2007.00932.x     Document Type: Article

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