Seasonal fluctuations in plasma concentrations of luteinizing hormone and progesterone in Brahman (Bos indicus) and Hereford-Shorthorn (Bos taurus) cows grazing pastures at two stocking rates in a subtropical environment

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 49, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 101-111

  Kinder, J E ^a,b   Whyte, T R ^a   Creed, A ^a   Aspden, W J ^a   D'Occhio, M J ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Bos indicus; Bos taurus; Cattle endocrinology; Feeding and nutrition; Luteinizing hormone; Seasonal dynamics

Indexed keywords

LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROGESTERONE;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CATTLE; CLIMATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; LIVER; METABOLISM; ORGAN SIZE; OVARIECTOMY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CLIMATE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; LIVER; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; ORGAN SIZE; OVARIECTOMY; PROGESTERONE; SEASONS;

ANIMALIA; BOS INDICUS; BOS TAURUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031555289     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4320(97)00067-5     Document Type: Article

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