Effects of increased levels of supplemental vitamins during the summer in a commercial artificial insemination boar stud
Heat stress due to increasing extremes in ambient temperature and humidity results in reduced semen quality in boars. This has caused reduced efficiency of the swine industry, requiring more boars to breed the same number of sows. Vitamins such as vitamin C (VC) and E (VE) have been shown to improve...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2019-01-01
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| Series: | Animal |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751731119001150 |