Ovarian activity and uterus organometry in delayed puberty gilts

Theriogenology

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1022-1026

  Stancic, Ivan ^a   Stancic, Blagoje ^a   Bozic, Aleksandar ^a   Anderson, Robin ^b   Harvey, Roger ^b   Gvozdic, Dragan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOVI SAD   (Serbia)

^b SOUTHERN PLAINS AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Delayed puberty; Gilt; Ovarian activity; Uterus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE; PATHOLOGY; SEXUAL MATURATION; SWINE; TIME; UTERUS;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVARY; SEXUAL MATURATION; SWINE; TIME FACTORS; UTERUS;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE;

EID: 80052268211     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2011.05.004     Document Type: Article

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