Theriogenology
Volume 74, Issue 1 , Pages 100-104 , 1 July 2010

Sexual behavior of castrated boars treated with prostaglandin F2α

  • V. Zamora

      Affiliations

    • Programa en Ganadería, Campus Montecillo, Colegio de Postgraduados, Texcoco, Estado de México, 56 230, México
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  • J.L. Figueroa

      Affiliations

    • Programa en Ganadería, Campus Montecillo, Colegio de Postgraduados, Texcoco, Estado de México, 56 230, México
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +52 595 952 0200; fax: +52 595 952 0279.
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  • M. Martínez

      Affiliations

    • Programa en Ganadería, Campus Montecillo, Colegio de Postgraduados, Texcoco, Estado de México, 56 230, México
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  • M.T. Sánchez-Torres

      Affiliations

    • Programa en Ganadería, Campus Montecillo, Colegio de Postgraduados, Texcoco, Estado de México, 56 230, México
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  • M. Cárdenas

      Affiliations

    • Departamento de Biología de la Reproducción, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Tlalpan, D.F. 14 000, México
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  • R.N. Kirkwood

      Affiliations

    • Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA

Received 3 October 2009 ,Revised 30 January 2010 ,Accepted 31 January 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2010.01.019

Theriogenology
Volume 74, Issue 1 , Pages 100-104 , 1 July 2010

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