Intermittent suckling enables estrus and pregnancy during lactation in sows: Effects of stage of lactation and lactation during early pregnancy

Theriogenology

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 432-440

  Gerritsen, R ^a   Soede, N M ^a   Hazeleger, W ^a   Langendijk, P ^a   Dieleman, S J ^b   Taverne, M A M ^b   Kemp, B ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Intermittent suckling; LH; Pig; Pregnancy; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM; ESTRUS; FEMALE; LACTATION; OVARY FOLLICLE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SUCKLING; SWINE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; CORPUS LUTEUM; ESTRUS; FEMALE; LACTATION; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE; SWINE;

SUIDAE;

EID: 57849118287     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2008.08.011     Document Type: Article

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