Relationships among specific reasons for culling, reproductive data, and gross morphology of the genital tracts in gilts culled due to reproductive failure in Thailand

Theriogenology

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 369-375

  Tummaruk, P ^a   Kesdangsakonwut, S ^a   Kunavongkrit, A ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Ovary; Pig; Reproduction; Reproductive pathology; Uterus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; FEMALE INFERTILITY; PARITY; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE; THAILAND;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; PARITY; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; THAILAND;

SUIDAE;

EID: 57649098386     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2008.08.003     Document Type: Article

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