The effect of different levels of gonadotropin-releasing hormone antibody titres on plasma hormone concentrations, sexual and aggressive behaviour, testis size and performance of bulls

Animal Science

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 51-63

  Finnerty, M ^a,b   Enright, W J ^a   Prendiville, D J ^a   Spicer, L J ^c   Roche, J F ^b  

^a GRANGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Bulls; Carcass composition; GnRH; Performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030213192     PISSN: 13577298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1357729800028289     Document Type: Article

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