Effects of age, season, and fertility status on plasma and intratesticular immunoreactive (Ir) inhibin concentrations in stallions

Domestic Animal Endocrinology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 129-139

  Stewart, B L ^a   Roser, J F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONJUGATED ESTROGEN; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; INHIBIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

AGE; AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; FERTILITY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORSE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY RATE; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS;

EID: 0032034156     PISSN: 07397240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0739-7240(97)00083-0     Document Type: Article

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