Effect of thyroidectomy on maintenance of seasonal reproductive suppression in the ewe

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1035-1040

  Thrun, L A ^a   Dahl, G E ^a,b   Evans, N P ^a,c   Karsch, F J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LUTEINIZING HORMONE; THYROID HORMONE;

ANESTRUS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; FEMALE; HORMONE ACTION; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SHEEP; THYROIDECTOMY;

ANESTRUS; ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SHEEP; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 0030939619     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod56.4.1035     Document Type: Article

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