Use of frozen-thawed semen aggravates the summer-autumn infertility of artificially inseminated weaned sows in the Mediterranean region

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 87, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3967-3975

  Bolarin A ^a   Hernandez M ^a   Vazquez, J M ^a   Rodriguez Martinez, H ^b   Martinez, E A ^a   Roca, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Fertility; Frozen thawed semen; Ovulation; Season; Swine

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; ESTRUS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; MALE; OVULATION INDUCTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; SEASON; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPERM PRESERVATION; SWINE; WEANING;

ANIMALS; ESTRUS DETECTION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; SEASONS; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SWINE; WEANING;

SUIDAE;

EID: 70450172639     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: 15253163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2009-1941     Document Type: Article

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