Effects of sow nutrition during gestation on within-litter birth weight variation: A review

Animal

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 797-806

  Campos, P H R F ^a,b   Silva, B A N ^a   Donzele, J L ^b   Oliveira, R F M ^b   Knol, E F ^a  

^a Institute for Pig Genetics BV   (Netherlands)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

amino acids; gestation; sow nutrition; within litter variation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD FLOW; BREEDING; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; LITTER SIZE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SWINE; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; LITTER SIZE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUS SCROFA;

SUIDAE;

EID: 84859352112     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731111002242     Document Type: Conference Paper

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