Effect of Selection for Lifetime Production of Lamb Weaned on Hormonal Factors That Affect Growth in Targhee Ewes and Lambs

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 74, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 2152-2157

  Head Jr , W A ^a   Hatfield, P G ^b   Hallford, D M ^a   Fitzgerald, J A ^c   Petersen, M K ^a   Stellflug, J N ^b  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA ARS US Sheep Experiment Station   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Insulin Like Growth Factor; Selection; Sheep; Somatotropin; Thyroxine; Triiodothyronine

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; LIOTHYRONINE; PROLACTIN; SOMATOMEDIN C; THYROXINE;

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SHEEP; TIME;

AGING; ANIMALS; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GROWTH HORMONE; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; MALE; PROLACTIN; SEASONS; SELECTION (GENETICS); SHEEP; THYROXINE; TIME FACTORS; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

EID: 0030236963     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1996.7492152x     Document Type: Article

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