Cortisol profiles in sows submitted to an intermittent suckling regime compared with that of abruptly weaned sows

Reproduction in Domestic Animals

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 377-382

  Kluivers Poodt, M ^a   Gerritsen, R ^b   van Nes, A ^c   Langendijk, P ^d  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Schothorst Feed Research BV   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ESTRUS; FEMALE; LACTATION; METHODOLOGY; PARITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SECRETION; SWINE; TIME; WEANING; PROCEDURES; SECRETION (PROCESS);

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ESTRUS; FEMALE; HYDROCORTISONE; LACTATION; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PARITY; PREGNANCY; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SWINE; TIME FACTORS; WEANING;

EID: 77954103879     PISSN: 09366768     EISSN: 14390531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0531.2008.01132.x     Document Type: Article

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