Reproductive performance of gilts with similar age but with different growth rate at the onset of puberty stimulation

Reproduction in Domestic Animals

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 255-259

  Kummer, R ^b   Bernardi, M L ^a   Schenkel, A C ^b   Amaral Filha, W S ^b   Wentz, I ^b   Bortolozzo, F P ^a,b  

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

^b Faculdade de Veterinaria   (Brazil)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGING; ANESTRUS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMBRYO DEATH; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; MALE; OVULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL MATURATION; SWINE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGING; ANESTRUS; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; EMBRYO LOSS; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; MALE; OVULATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL MATURATION; SWINE;

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EID: 62549102041     PISSN: 09366768     EISSN: 14390531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0531.2007.01050.x     Document Type: Article

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