Growth rate and age at boar exposure as factors influencing gilt puberty

Livestock Science

Volumn 120, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 51-57

  Amaral Filha, W S ^a   Bernardi, M L ^a   Wentz, I ^a   Bortolozzo, F P ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Boar exposure; Gilt; Growth rate; Puberty

Indexed keywords

SUIDAE;

EID: 57349149401     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2008.04.009     Document Type: Article

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