Effect of excessive, hormonally induced intrauterine crowding in the gilt on fetal development on day 40 of pregnancy

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 88, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2611-2619

  van der Waaij, E H ^a   Hazeleger, W ^a   Soede, N M ^a   Laurenssen, B F A ^a   Kemp, B ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fetal development; Intrauterine crowding; Mortality; Ovulation rate; Pig; Superovulation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HISTOLOGY; LITTER SIZE; NIDATION; ORGAN SIZE; OVULATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; SWINE; UTERUS; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS;

ANIMALS; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; LITTER SIZE; ORGAN SIZE; OVULATION; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; SWINE; UTERUS;

PIERIS BRASSICAE; SUIDAE;

EID: 77954640719     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: 15253163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2009-2561     Document Type: Article

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