Effect of empty uterine space on birth intervals and fetal and placental development in pigs

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 125, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 158-164

  Vallet, J L ^a   Freking, B A ^a   Miles, J R ^a  

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

Author keywords

Farrowing; Pig; Placenta; Stillbirth; Uterus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS WEIGHT; LITTER SIZE; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZATION; REPRODUCTION; SWINE; UTERUS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FETAL WEIGHT; FETUS; LITTER SIZE; PLACENTATION; PREGNANCY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SWINE; UTERUS;

SUIDAE;

EID: 79958225088     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2011.03.006     Document Type: Article

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