Effect of interval between inseminations when using frozen-thawed boar sperm on fertility and fetal paternity in mature gilts

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 137, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 197-204

  Ringwelski, Jennifer M ^a   Beever, Jonathon E ^a   Knox, Robert V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial insemination; Boar; Frozen sperm

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ESTRUS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FETUS; LITTER SIZE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OVULATION; PATERNITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZATION; SPERM PRESERVATION; SWINE; TIME;

ANIMALS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ESTRUS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FETUS; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; LITTER SIZE; MALE; OVULATION; PATERNITY; PREGNANCY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SWINE; TIME FACTORS;

SUIDAE;

EID: 84875547080     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2013.01.007     Document Type: Article

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