Effect of exogenous progesterone on luteinizing hormone secretion in domestic turkey hens at different reproductive states

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 337-345

  Yang, Jingying ^a   Long, David W ^a   Bacon, Wayne L ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Luteinizing hormone; Progesterone; Testosterone; Turkey hens

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE METABOLISM; REPRODUCTION; TESTOSTERONE RELEASE; TURKEY (BIRD);

EID: 0031809877     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.1998.7083     Document Type: Article

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