Seasonal variation in the ovarian function of sows

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 822-834

  Bertoldo, M J ^a,b   Holyoake, P K ^c   Evans, G ^a   Grupen, C G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UMR85 PHYSIOLOGIE DE LA REPRODUCTION ET DES COMPORTEMENTS   (France)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTENEDIONE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MELATONIN; PROGESTERONE;

ABORTION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; AUTUMN; BLASTOCYST; BREEDING; CONCEPTION; DELAYED PUBERTY; DOMESTIC PIG; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO MORTALITY; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELL; HERD; HORMONE ACTION; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; IN VIVO STUDY; INFERTILITY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LITTER SIZE; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; NULLIPARA; OOCYTE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OOCYTE MATURATION; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE FLUID; OVARY FUNCTION; OVULATION; PARITY; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PIGLET; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PREGNANCY RATE; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; REPRODUCTION; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOW (SWINE); SUMMER; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; TROPHOBLAST; WEANING; WINTER;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR FLUID; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; OOCYTES; OVARY; PHOTOPERIOD; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SUS SCROFA;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE;

EID: 84863792893     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: 14485990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD11249     Document Type: Article

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