Factors associated with return to estrus in first service swine females

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 89, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 75-80

  Vargas, Anamaria J ^a   Bernardi, Mari L ^a   Bortolozzo, Fernando P ^a   Mellagi, Ana Paula G ^a   Wentz, Ivo ^a  

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

Author keywords

Cysts; Parity; Removal reasons; Reproductive failure; Return to estrus; Swine females

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BRAZIL; BREEDING; ESTRUS; FEMALE; LACTATION; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PARITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; RISK; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWINE; WEANING;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BRAZIL; BREEDING; ESTRUS; FEMALE; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; LACTATION; LOGISTIC MODELS; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; ODDS RATIO; PARITY; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; RISK FACTORS; SWINE; WEANING;

SUIDAE;

EID: 63249109685     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2009.02.001     Document Type: Article

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