Ideal body condition improves reproductive performance and influences genetic health in female mink

TY - JOUR

T1 - Ideal body condition improves reproductive performance and influences genetic health in female mink

AU - Boudreau, Laura

AU - Benkel, Bernhard

AU - Astatkie, Tessema

AU - Rouvinen-Watt, Kirsti

N1 - Funding Information: The authors gratefully acknowledge the skillful logistical support provided during this study by Lana Crewe, Rae MacInnis, Annette Murphy, and Cindy Crossman, the staff of the Canadian Centre for Fur Animal Research, as well as Lori Balderston, Lora Harris, and Katherine Rutherford. This research was supported by the Canada Mink Breeders Association, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (Canada Graduate Scholarship to Laura Boudreau, Discovery Grant to Kirsti Rouvinen-Watt), Mink Farmers Research Foundation (Fur Commission USA), the Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture Technology Development Program , and the Nova Scotia Fur Institute .

PY - 2014/2

Y1 - 2014/2

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U2 - 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2014.01.004

DO - 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2014.01.004

M3 - Article

C2 - 24486009

AN - SCOPUS:84893877907

SN - 0378-4320

VL - 145

SP - 86

EP - 98

JO - Animal Reproduction Science

JF - Animal Reproduction Science

IS - 1-2

ER -