Prolactin Involvement with the Increase in Seminal Volume after Sexual Stimulation in Stallions

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 74, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2468-2472

  Thomson, Christopher H ^a   Thompson Jr , Donald L ^a   Kincaid, Lori A ^a   Nadal, Maria R ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bromocriptine; Prolactin; Semen; Stallions; Sulpiride

Indexed keywords

BROMOCRIPTINE; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; PROLACTIN; SULPIRIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CYTOLOGY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; HORSE; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TIME;

ANIMALS; BROMOCRIPTINE; DOPAMINE AGONISTS; DOPAMINE ANTAGONISTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HORSES; MALE; PROLACTIN; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SEMEN; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SULPIRIDE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030254289     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1996.74102468x     Document Type: Article

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