Characteristics of Luteinizing Hormone (LH) and testosterone secretion, pituitary responses to LH-Releasing Hormone (LHRH), and reproductive function in young bulls receiving the LHRH agonist deslorelin: Effect of castration on LH responses to LHRH

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 45-52

  D'Occhio, Michael J ^a   Aspden, William J ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESLORELIN; GONADORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HORMONAL REGULATION; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TESTOSTERONE RELEASE;

ANIMAL; CATTLE; DRUG IMPLANTS; GONADORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; PITUITARY GLAND; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029655969     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod54.1.45     Document Type: Article

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