Proportion of the litter farrowed, litter size, and progesterone and estradiol effects on piglet birth intervals and stillbirths

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 119, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 68-75

  Vallet, J L ^a   Miles, J R ^a   Brown Brandl, T M ^a   Nienaber, J A ^a  

^a U S MEAT ANIMAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth interval; Estradiol; Farrowing; Progesterone; Stillbirth; Swine

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BIRTH; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; LITTER SIZE; NEWBORN; PARITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STILLBIRTH; SWINE; TIME;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; LITTER SIZE; PARITY; PARTURITION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PROGESTERONE; STILLBIRTH; SWINE; TIME FACTORS;

SUIDAE;

EID: 76749160270     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2009.11.004     Document Type: Article

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