Early vaccination with Improvac®: Effects on performance and behaviour of male pigs

Animal

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 87-95

  Andersson, K ^a   Brunius, C ^a   Zamaratskaia, G ^a   Lundstrom K ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

behaviour; early vaccination against GnRH; male pigs; performance

Indexed keywords

CONTRACEPTIVE VACCINE; GONADORELIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MEAT; METHODOLOGY; ORCHIECTOMY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STANDARD; SWINE; TIME; VACCINATION; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULE; MALE; MEAT; ORCHIECTOMY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SWINE; TIME FACTORS; VACCINATION; VACCINES, CONTRACEPTIVE; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 82955239808     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731111001200     Document Type: Article

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