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IGF-1 concentration patterns and their relationship with follicle development after weaning in young sows fed different pre-mating diets by Han, T., Björkman, S., Soede, N. M., Oliviero, C., Peltoniemi, O. A. T

“…Piglet birth weight and within-litter birth weight variation are important for piglet survival and growth. Pre-mating diets may improve IGF-1 and follicle…”
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Validation of the Finnish national dairy disease register--data transfer from cow health cards to the disease register by Rintakoski, S, Taponen, J, Peltoniemi, O A T, Virtala, A-M K

“…Information on diseases of dairy cows in Finland is entered into the national disease register. Before the data from such types of secondary database are used,…”
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Lameness and fertility of sows and gilts in randomly selected loose-housed herds in Finland by Heinonen, M., Oravainen, J., Orro, T., Seppä-Lassila, L., Ala-Kurikka, E., Virolainen, J., Tast, A., Peltoniemi, O. A. T.

“…The prevalence of lameness among 646 sows and gilts in 21 selected herds was determined; 8·8 per cent of the animals were lame and the most common clinical…”
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Porcine Field Fertility with Two Different Insemination Doses and the Effect of Sperm Morphology by Alm, K, Peltoniemi, OAT, Koskinen, E, Andersson, M

“…In swine artificial insemination, several dose regimens are applied, ranging from 1.5 x 10⁹ to 6.0 x 10⁹ spermatozoa per intra-cervical insemination dose. A…”
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The effect of litter size, parity and farrowing duration on placenta expulsion and retention in sows by Björkman, S., Oliviero, C., Rajala-Schultz, P.J., Soede, N.M., Peltoniemi, O.A.T.

“…The hypothesis was that a prolonged parturition impairs placenta expulsion and can lead to retained placentas in sows. Furthermore, we hypothesized that…”
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Housing During Early Pregnancy Affects Fertility and Behaviour of Sows by Munsterhjelm, C, Valros, A, Heinonen, M, Hälli, O, Peltoniemi, OAT

“…From 1.1.2013 EU legislation will permit stall-housing of dry sows for only 4 weeks post-service. Stalls are associated with compromised animal welfare, but…”
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Uterine Insemination with a Standard AI Dose in a Sow Pool System by Peltoniemi, OAT, Alm, K, Andersson, M

“…The effect of uterine AI with a standard dose of spermatozoa on fertility of the sow was studied in a field trial. The trial involved a sow pool system with…”
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Prolonged parturition and impaired placenta expulsion increase the risk of postpartum metritis and delay uterine involution in sows by Björkman, S., Oliviero, C., Kauffold, J., Soede, N.M., Peltoniemi, O.A.T.

“…It was hypothesized that prolonged parturition and impaired placenta expulsion increase the risk of postpartum metritis and delay uterine involution. At…”
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Effect of the environment on the physiology of the sow during late pregnancy, farrowing and early lactation by Oliviero, C., Heinonen, M., Valros, A., Hälli, O., Peltoniemi, O.A.T.

“…We investigated the effect of two types of housing on the duration of farrowing and the physiology of sows before and after farrowing. We assigned 20 sows…”
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Administration of aromatase inhibitor MPV-2213ad to blue fox vixens (Vulpes lagopus) as a model for contraception in female dogs by Lindh, L., Lindeberg, H., Banting, A., Banting, S., Sainmaa, S., Beasley, S., Korhonen, H.T., Peltoniemi, O.A.T.

“…The interest in non-surgical approaches to contraception and fertility control in female dogs has increased in recent years. In this study the effect of an…”
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On-farm deaths of dairy cows are associated with features of freestall barns by Sarjokari, K, Hovinen, M, Seppä-Lassila, L, Norring, M, Hurme, T, Peltoniemi, O A T, Soveri, T, Rajala-Schultz, P J

“…On-farm death (OFD) of a dairy cow is always a financial loss for a farmer, and potentially a welfare issue that has to be addressed within the dairy industry…”
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IGF-1 concentrations after weaning in young sows fed different pre-mating diets are positively associated with piglet mean birth weight at subsequent farrowing by Han, T., Björkman, S., Soede, N.M., Oliviero, C., Peltoniemi, O.A.T.

“…Pre-mating diets can influence piglet birth weight and within-litter birth weight variation and thereby piglet survival and development. The major objective of…”
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Short or Long Day Light Regimes May Not Affect Reproductive Performance in the Sow by Hälli, O, Tast, A, Heinonen, M, Munsterhjelm, C, Valros, A, Peltoniemi, OAT

“…Contents The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of short or long day light regimes on the reproductive performance in the sow. The study…”
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Welfare Index and Reproductive Performance in the Sow by Munsterhjelm, C, Valros, A, Heinonen, M, Hälli, O, Peltoniemi, OAT

“…To study the relationship between on-farm welfare and reproductive performance in the sow, the TGI 35L Animal Needs Index was modified for use in Finnish pig…”
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Serial transvaginal ultrasound-guided biopsy of the porcine corpus luteum in vivo by Björkman, S, Yun, J, Niku, M, Oliviero, C, Soede, N M, Peltoniemi, O A T

“…The aims of the present study was to develop and describe a transvaginal ultrasound-guided biopsy method for luteal tissue in the porcine and to evaluate the…”
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Vulvar Discharge Syndrome in Loosely Housed Finnish Pigs: Prevalence and Evaluation of Vaginoscopy, Bacteriology and Cytology by Oravainen, J, Heinonen, M, Tast, A, Virolainen, JV, Peltoniemi, OAT

“…A total of 21 sow herds were randomly chosen to determine the prevalence of vulvar discharge syndrome (VDS) in loosely housed sows. The median VDS prevalence…”
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Caudal vena cava progesterone and LH release patterns on Day 14 of gestation in primiparous sows by Hoving, L L, Haen, S M, Laurenssen, B F A, Peltoniemi, O A T, Kemp, B, Soede, N M

“…The aim of the present study was to explore the relationship between systemic and local progesterone secretion and LH pulsatility during implantation in the…”
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Dose-response investigation of oral ketoprofen in pigs challenged with Escherichia coli endotoxin by Mustonen, K., Banting, A., Raekallio, M., Heinonen, M., Peltoniemi, O. A. T., Vainio, O.

“…In order to determine the effective dose, the effects of orally administered ketoprofen were evaluated in pigs following intravenous challenge with Escherichia…”
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Effect of a gonadotrophin-releasing hormone antagonist on luteinising hormone secretion and early pregnancy in gilts by Virolainen, J V, Love, R J, Tast, A, Peltoniemi, O A T

“…The aims of the present study were: (1) to determine the duration of suppression of luteinising hormone (LH) following a single treatment with a…”
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Environmental enrichment in early life affects cortisol patterns in growing pigs by Munsterhjelm, C., Valros, A., Heinonen, M., Hälli, O., Siljander-Rasi, H., Peltoniemi, O. A. T.

“…Effects of environmental enrichment at different stages of life on stress physiology of pigs were investigated in a trial with 63 groups, each of four…”
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