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ABSTRACT
Romo-Villa MC, Escobar-Medina FJ, de la Colina-Flores F, Zorrilla-de la Torre E. Effect of prenatal
androgenization in swine on reproductive behavior. The effect of application of 1 g of testosterone to
pregnant sows, on their female and male offspring was studied. Sows were injected at the 8 th and 11 th weeks
of gestation. Control sows received no injection. All piglets were born with normal sized and shaped genitals.
Androgenized female showed a delay, although non-significant (P>0.05), in their onset of puberty, but were
significantly (P