Luteinizing Hormone Release and Reproductive Traits in Anestrous, Estrus-Cycling, and Ovariectomized Cattle after Tyrosine Supplementation 1

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 75, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 2754-2761

  Stevenson, J S ^a   Jaeger, J R ^b,d   Rettmer, I ^c   Smith, M W ^a   Corah, L R ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KSU Agric Res Center Hays 67601   (Germany)

^c Institut fuer Anatomie   (Germany)

^d OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cattle; GnRH; LH; Naloxone; Progesterone; Tyrosine

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS;

ESTRADIOL; GONADORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; NALOXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONIST; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA; TYROSINE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANESTRUS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFECT; ESTRUS; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; METABOLISM; OVARIECTOMY; OVULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PUERPERIUM; RANDOMIZATION; REPRODUCTION; SECRETION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANESTRUS; ANIMALS; CATTLE; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DINOPROST; ESTRADIOL; ESTRUS; ESTRUS SYNCHRONIZATION; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HYPOTHALAMUS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; NALOXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; OVARIECTOMY; OVULATION; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REPRODUCTION; TYROSINE;

EID: 0031253796     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1997.75102754x     Document Type: Article

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