Effects of melengestrol acetate on onset of puberty, follicular growth, and patterns of luteinizing hormone secretion in beef heifers

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1432-1436

  Imwalle, D B ^a   Patterson, D J ^a,b   Schillo, K K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MELENGESTROL ACETATE; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM; COW; DRUG EFFECT; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; LUTEAL PHASE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; FEMALE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MELENGESTROL ACETATE; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; PERIODICITY; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE CONGENERS; SEXUAL MATURATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031810762     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod58.6.1432     Document Type: Article

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