Effects of castration on early postnatal development of male accessory sex glands in the domestic pig

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 137, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 287-292

  Raeside, James I ^a   Friendship, Robert M ^a   Vrablic, Olga E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ESTROGEN; ESTRONE SULFATE; PRASTERONE; STEROID; TESTOSTERONE;

ACCESSORY SEX GLAND; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BULBOURETHRAL GLAND; CASTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; STEROID RELEASE; SWINE; TESTIS; TESTIS WEIGHT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; VESICULAR GLAND;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BULBOURETHRAL GLANDS; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE SULFATE; ESTRONE; GENITALIA, MALE; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; ORGAN SIZE; SWINE; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0030767253     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/eje.0.1370287     Document Type: Article

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