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Roy N. Kirkwood
Researcher at University of Adelaide
Publications - 179
Citations - 2902
Roy N. Kirkwood is an academic researcher from University of Adelaide. The author has contributed to research in topics: Ovulation & Litter (animal). The author has an hindex of 31, co-authored 162 publications receiving 2563 citations. Previous affiliations of Roy N. Kirkwood include South Australian Research and Development Institute & University of Saskatchewan.
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Nutrition and sow prolificacy.
F. X. Aherne,Roy N. Kirkwood +1 more
TL;DR: It is concluded that under normal conditions of feeding and management nutrition will have a minimal influence on gilt prolificacy, but to gain the advantages of a slightly younger age at puberty, maximal ovulation rate and an adequate fat cover, gilts should be fed ad libitum up to the time of mating.
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Energy intake, body composition and reproductive performance of the gilt.
Roy N. Kirkwood,F. X. Aherne +1 more
TL;DR: It is concluded that neither age nor weight are reliable indices of reproductive development, but that minimum threshold values for these characteristics must be achieved before puberty can occur.
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Lipid profiles of sperm and seminal plasma from boars having normal or low sperm motility
TL;DR: Differences in sperm motility were related to n-3 PUFA content in the sperm plasma membrane and extracellular antioxidants in seminal plasma which protect sperm plasma membranes from lipid peroxidation during periods of oxidative stress.
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Effect of feed intake during lactation and after weaning on sow reproductive performance
TL;DR: To study the effects of feed intake during lactation and after weaning on reproductive performance, 89 second-parity Lacombe sows were allowed 6 kg feed d−1 (H) or were restricted to 3 kg feed d+1 (R) during lactations and during the weaning to estrus interval (WEI); this resulted in a 2 × 2 factorial design.
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The influence of feeding level during lactation on the occurrence and endocrinology of the postweaning estrus in sows
TL;DR: As expected, low-level feeding in lactation resulted in a greater body weight and backfat loss and peak LH levels achieved after UnKH injection did not differ significantly.