The Suinfort® Semen Supplement Counters Seasonal Infertility in Iberian Sows
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1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Animals
2.2. Data Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
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Group | Spring | Summer | Autumn | Winter |
---|---|---|---|---|
CON | 517 | 703 | 1175 | 629 |
SF | 413 | 511 | 671 | 374 |
Group | Spring | Summer | Autumn | Winter |
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CON | 491 | 672 | 1141 | 617 |
SF | 400 | 493 | 655 | 369 |
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Piñán, J.; Martinez-Pastor, F.; Alegre, B.; Maj, M.; Kirkwood, R.N.; Domínguez, J.C.; Manjarín, R. The Suinfort® Semen Supplement Counters Seasonal Infertility in Iberian Sows. Animals 2021, 11, 3176. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11113176
Piñán J, Martinez-Pastor F, Alegre B, Maj M, Kirkwood RN, Domínguez JC, Manjarín R. The Suinfort® Semen Supplement Counters Seasonal Infertility in Iberian Sows. Animals. 2021; 11(11):3176. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11113176
Chicago/Turabian StylePiñán, Javier, Felipe Martinez-Pastor, Beatriz Alegre, Magdalena Maj, Roy N. Kirkwood, Juan Carlos Domínguez, and Rodrigo Manjarín. 2021. "The Suinfort® Semen Supplement Counters Seasonal Infertility in Iberian Sows" Animals 11, no. 11: 3176. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11113176