Puberty related changes in hormonal levels, productive performance, carcass traits, and their interactions in Slovakian white gilts

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 182-187

  Kolesarova, A ^a   Sirotkin, A V ^a,b   Roychoudhury, S ^a   Capcarova, M ^a  

^a SLOVAK UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE IN NITRA   (Slovakia)

^b Department of Genetics and Reproduction ^*  (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Carcass traits; Gilt; IGF I; IGFBP 3; Productive performance; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

SUIDAE;

EID: 77749258133     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.2010.90279     Document Type: Article

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