Stress and its influence on reproduction in pigs: A review

Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Einarsson, Stig ^a   Brandt, Ylva ^a   Lundeheim, Nils ^a   Madej, Andrzej ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUIDAE;

ANIMAL; GENETICS; NIDATION; OVULATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SWINE; TIME;

ANIMALS; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; OVULATION; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SWINE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 58649119276     PISSN: 0044605X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1751-0147-50-48     Document Type: Review

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