Advanced onset of puberty in gilts of thrifty genotype (Iberian pig)

Reproduction in Domestic Animals

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1003-1007

  Gonzalez anover P ^a   Encinas, T ^b   Gomez Izquierdo, E ^c   Sanz, E ^c   Letelier, C A ^d,e   Torres Rovira, L ^d   Pallares, P ^d   Sanchez Sanchez, R ^d   Gonzalez Bulnes, A ^d  

^a NUTEGA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO AGRARIO DE CASTILLA Y LEÓN   (Spain)

^d INIA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL MATURATION; SWINE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; SEXUAL MATURATION; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; PIERIS BRASSICAE; SUIDAE;

EID: 77952799783     PISSN: 09366768     EISSN: 14390531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0531.2009.01476.x     Document Type: Article

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