Short or long day light regimes may not affect reproductive performance in the sow

Reproduction in Domestic Animals

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 708-712

  Halli O ^a,b   Tast, A ^b   Heinonen, M ^b   Munsterhjelm, C ^b   Valros, A ^b   Peltoniemi, O A T ^b  

^a University of Helsinki ^*  (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ESTRUS; FEMALE; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; PARITY; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; SWINE; WEANING;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ESTRUS; FEMALE; LIGHT; PARITY; PHOTOPERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SWINE; WEANING;

EID: 56049090069     PISSN: 09366768     EISSN: 14390531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0531.2007.00976.x     Document Type: Article

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