Restricted feed intake in lactating primiparous sows. I. Effects on sow metabolic state and subsequent reproductive performance

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 889-898

  Patterson, J L ^a   Smit, M N ^a   Novak, S ^a   Wellen, A P ^a   Foxcroft, G R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

catabolism; epigenetics

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ESTRUS; FEMALE; FETUS WEIGHT; FOOD INTAKE; LACTATION; LITTER SIZE; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; OVULATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIMIPARA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOW (SWINE); WEANING;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC RESTRICTION; CROSSES, GENETIC; EMBRYO LOSS; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; LACTATION; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; OVULATION; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL MATURATION; SUS SCROFA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 80052211645     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: 14485990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD11015     Document Type: Article

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