Repeated acute activation of the hypothalamo-pituitary adrenal axis prior to and during estrus did not affect reproductive performance in gilts

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1458-1462

  Turner, A I ^a,b   Hemsworth, P H ^b   Hughes, P E ^c   Tilbrook, A J ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b VIC INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL SCIENCE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC SHOCK; ESTRUS; FEMALE; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MENTAL STRESS; NONHUMAN; OVULATION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SWINE;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ANIMALS; ELECTROSHOCK; ESTRUS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; OVULATION; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0031863781     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod58.6.1458     Document Type: Article

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