Increased testosterone secretion in bulls treated with a luteinizing hormone releasing hormone (LHRH) agonist requires endogenous LH but not LHRH

Domestic Animal Endocrinology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 421-428

  Aspden, W J ^a,b   Van Reenen, N ^a   Whyte, T R ^a   Maclellan, L J ^a,b   Scott, P T ^b   Trigg, T E ^c   Walsh, J ^c   D'Occhio, Michael J ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c TEVA PHARMACEUTICALS   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; DESLORELIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; GONADORELIN; GONADORELIN AGONIST; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG IMPLANT; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOLOGY; KINETICS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; SECRETION; STEROIDOGENESIS; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE RELEASE;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 0031282727     PISSN: 07397240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0739-7240(97)00047-7     Document Type: Article

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