Effect of age and body weight on plasma concentrations of luteinizing hormone in Turkey hens before and after photostimulation

Domestic Animal Endocrinology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 391-398

  Applegate, T J ^a   Bacon, W L ^a   Lilburn, M S ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

AGE; AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONE RESPONSE; LIGHT; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; TURKEY (BIRD);

ANIMALIA; AVES; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO;

EID: 0031282723     PISSN: 07397240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0739-7240(97)00044-1     Document Type: Article

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