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A note on the influence of a Göttingen miniature boar on puberty attainment in Large White gilts

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2010

W. D. Booth
W. D. Booth
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AFRC Institute of Animal Physiology, Animal Research Station, 307 Huntingdon Road, Cambridge CB3 0JQ
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The initial work of Brooks and Cole (1970), which showed that a mature boar advances the onset of puberty in gilts, has become known as the ‘boar effect’, and this phenomenon has now been confirmed in numerous studies as reviewed by Hughes (1982), and Kirkwood and Hughes (1982).

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Research Article
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Animal Production , Volume 44 , Issue 1 , February 1987 , pp. 165 - 168
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Copyright © British Society of Animal Science 1987

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