Body condition of gilts at the end of gestation affects their mammary development1

Measurements of body composition during late gestation and lactation in first and second parity sows and its relationship to piglet production and post-weaning reproductive performance

(2015) L.A. Rempel et al.   Livestock Science

Maternal backfat depth in gestating sows has a greater influence on offspring growth and carcass lean yield than maternal feed allocation during gestation

(2013) Charlotte Amdi et al.   Animal

Changes in back fat thickness during late gestation predict colostrum yield in sows

(2013) R. Decaluwé et al.   Animal

Peripartum changes in orexigenic and anorexigenic hormones in relation to back fat thickness and feeding strategy of sows

(2013) A. Cools et al.   DOMESTIC ANIMAL ENDOCRINOLOGY

Impact of diet deprivation and subsequent overallowance during gestation on mammary gland development and lactation performance1

(2013) C. Farmer et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE

High Fat Diet Alters Lactation Outcomes: Possible Involvement of Inflammatory and Serotonergic Pathways

(2012) Laura L. Hernandez et al.   PLoS One

Analysis of the Relationship Between Fatness of Late Pregnant and Lactating Sows and Selected Lipid Parameters of Blood, Colostrum and Milk

(2011) Anna Rekiel et al.   Annals of Animal Science

Effect of supplementing the diet of lactating sows with NuPro® on sow lactation performance and piglet growth

(2011) P. A. Plante et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE

Functional and gene network analyses of transcriptional signatures characterizing pre-weaned bovine mammary parenchyma or fat pad uncovered novel inter-tissue signaling networks during development

(2010) Paola Piantoni et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Greater milk yield is related to increased DNA and RNA content but not to mRNA abundance of selected genes in sow mammary tissue

(2010) C. Farmer et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE

Molecular characterization and expression analysis of the porcine paraoxonase 3 (PON3) gene

(2009) Benoît Labrecque et al.   GENE

IGF-I, GH, and Sex Steroid Effects in Normal Mammary Gland Development

(2008) David L. Kleinberg et al.   JOURNAL OF MAMMARY GLAND BIOLOGY AND NEOPLASIA