Effects of Prenatal Androgenization and Postnatal Steroid Treatment on Growth Hormone, Insulin-Like Growth Factor I and II, Insulin, Thyroxine, and Triiodothyronine Concentrations in Beef Heifers

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 420-428

  Aldrich, S L ^a   Berger, L L ^a   Kesler, D J ^a   Nash, T G ^a   McCusker Jr , R H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgens; Heifers; Prenatal, hormones

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; GROWTH HORMONE; HORMONE; INSULIN; LIOTHYRONINE; SOMATOMEDIN B; SOMATOMEDIN C; TESTOSTERONE; THYROXINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD; CATTLE; DRUG IMPLANT; FEMALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY;

ANIMALS; BIRTH WEIGHT; CATTLE; DRUG IMPLANTS; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE; HORMONES; INSULIN; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR II; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; TESTOSTERONE; THYROXINE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

EID: 0030076022     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1996.742420x     Document Type: Article

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