Effects of photoperiod and age on secretory patterns of luteinizing hormone and testosterone and semen production in male domestic turkeys

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1171-1179

  Yang, Jingying ^a   Long, David W ^a   Inpanbutr, Nongnuch ^b   Bacon, Wayne L ^a,c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE; THYROXINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; HORMONE RELEASE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEXUAL MATURATION; TESTOSTERONE RELEASE; TURKEY (BIRD);

AGING; ANIMALS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; PERIODICITY; PHOTOPERIOD; SEMEN; TESTOSTERONE; THYROXINE; TURKEYS;

EID: 0031771651     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod59.5.1171     Document Type: Article

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