Seasonality in male Australian cashmere goats: Long term effects of castration and testosterone or oestradiol treatment on changes in LH, FSH and prolactin concentrations, and body growth

Small Ruminant Research

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 239-252

  Walkden Brown, S W ^a,d,e   Restall, B J ^b   Scaramuzzi, R J ^c,f   Martin, G B ^d   Blackberry, M A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Wollongbar Agricultural Institute   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^f ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Feedback; Goat; Gonadotrophin; Growth; Seasonal; Steroid

Indexed keywords

CAPRA HIRCUS;

EID: 0001986550     PISSN: 09214488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-4488(97)00017-5     Document Type: Article

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