Induction of farrowing in sows with prostaglandin F2-alpha, alone or in combination with a parasympathomimetic or oxytocic [pigs; hormones; drugs]
1987
Stone, B.A. | Heap, P.A. | Godfrey, B.M. (South Australian Dept. of Agriculture, Adelaide. Animal Research Lab.)
Total litter size a determinant of peripartum losses in pigs. Peripartum losses were not related to parity and were not diminished by prostaglandin (PG) treatment alone or by PG followed by ergometrine or oxytocin treatment during farrowing.
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