Article
Reproductive performance in relation to uterine and embryonic traits during early gestation in Meishan, large white and crossbred sows.
Journal of reproduction and fertility - 1 Jul 1993
Galvin J M, Wilmut I, Day B N, Ritchie M, Thomson M, Haley C S
Abstract excerpt
Previous studies have shown that females of the Chinese Meishan breed and of their F1 cross with European Large White pigs are very prolific, producing about four more piglets per litter than control Large White females. The main cause of this prolificacy is enhanced prenatal survival for a given...
Topics
- Animals
- Corpus Luteum
- Embryo, Mammalian
- Female
- Fetal Death
- Genotype
- Gestational Age
- Hybrid Vigor
- Litter Size
- Models, Biological
- Organ Size
- Ovulation
- Placenta
- Pregnancy
- Reproduction
- Swine
- Uterus