Incidence of Precocious Puberty in Developing Beef Heifers

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 74, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2462-2467

  Wehrman, M E ^a   Kojima, F N ^a,b   Sanchez, T ^a,c   Mariscal, D V ^a,d   Kinder, J E ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c Colegio de Postgraduados ^*  (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA CHAPINGO   (Mexico)

^e A224j Animal Science ^*

Author keywords

Bovine; Cattle; Development; Heifers; Puberty

Indexed keywords

PROGESTERONE;

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; CORPUS LUTEUM; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INCIDENCE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; SEXUAL MATURATION;

AGING; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; CORPUS LUTEUM; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; PROGESTERONE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SEXUAL MATURATION;

EID: 0030255892     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1996.74102462x     Document Type: Article

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