Article
The impacts of uterine environment and fetal genotype on conceptus size and placental vascularity during late gestation in pigs.
Journal of animal science - 1 Apr 1999
Biensen N J, Wilson M E, Ford S P
Abstract excerpt
Meishan and Yorkshire gilts were bred exclusively to Yorkshire and Meishan boars, respectively, resulting in similar Meishan x Yorkshire fetuses gestating in the uteri of both maternal breeds. Gilts of both breeds were slaughtered on d 90 and 110 of gestation, and the weight and volume of each uterine horn was determined. Fetal weights and crown-rump lengths were recorded. A section of the...
Topics
- Animals
- Body Weight
- Female
- Genotype
- Placenta
- Pregnancy
- Pregnancy, Animal
- Swine
- Uterus
