Serum concentrations of melatonin in prepubertal gilts exposed to either constant or stepwise biweekly alteration in scotophase

Domestic Animal Endocrinology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 307-323

  Green, M L ^a,b   Clapper, J A ^a,c   Andres, C J ^a,d   Diekman, M A ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^d CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES; SUS SCROFA; SUS SCROFA DOMESTICA;

EID: 0030197978     PISSN: 07397240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0739-7240(96)00045-8     Document Type: Article

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