Time-course of thyroid hormone involvement in the development of anestrus in the ewe

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 833-837

  Thrun, L A ^a   Dahl, G E ^a,b   Evans, N P ^a,c   Karsch, F J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THYROXINE;

ANESTRUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREEDING; HORMONAL REGULATION; HYPOTHESIS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SURVIVAL RATE; THYROID GLAND; THYROIDECTOMY;

ANIMALIA; AVES; MAMMALIA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0029788027     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod55.4.833     Document Type: Article

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