Temporal variations of LH and testosterone in Arabian Oryx (Oryx leucoryx) from birth to adulthood

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 283-289

  Ancrenaz, M ^c   Blanvillain, C ^b   Delhomme, A ^c   Greth, A ^c   Sempere A J ^a  

^a CENTRE D ETUDES BIOLOGIQUES DE CHIZÉ   (France)

^b Lab Conserv des Especes Animales   (France)

^c National Wildlife Research Centre   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULTHOOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BODY GROWTH; CATTLE; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; OVARY CYCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; SEX HORMONE DETERMINATION; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0031827310     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.1998.7100     Document Type: Article

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