Pulsatile secretion of prolactin in laying and incubating Turkey hens

Domestic Animal Endocrinology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 277-282

  Proudman, J A ^a   Wentworth, B C ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO;

PROLACTIN; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; BLOOD; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; INCIDENCE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; TIME; TURKEY (BIRD);

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; INCIDENCE; OVIPOSITION; POULTRY DISEASES; PROLACTIN; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; TIME FACTORS; TURKEYS; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL PEPTIDE;

EID: 0030137206     PISSN: 07397240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0739-7240(96)00018-5     Document Type: Article

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