Control of pig reproduction / [edited by] D.J.A. Cole, G.R. Foxcroft.
Control of Pig Reproduction focuses on carefully evaluated techniques and technologies involved in the control of pig reproduction. The selection first ponders on the sexual development of male pigs, including early fetal, perinatal, and pubertal periods. The text also discusses testicular steroids...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Butterworths,
1982.
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| Summary: | Control of Pig Reproduction focuses on carefully evaluated techniques and technologies involved in the control of pig reproduction. The selection first ponders on the sexual development of male pigs, including early fetal, perinatal, and pubertal periods. The text also discusses testicular steroids and boar taint; interrelationships between spermatozoa, female reproductive tract, and egg investments; and artificial insemination. Discussions focus on androgens, estrogens, deposition of semen and uterine transit, sperm regulation and release by the isthmus, and types of artificial insemination. |
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| Item Description: | Papers presented to the 34th Nottingham Easter School in Agricultural Science. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 664 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781483278322 1483278328 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |