Differences in Natural Steroid Hormone Patterns of Beef from Bulls and Steers

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1621-1625

  Fritsche, Sonja ^a   Steinhart, Hans ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Androgens; Beef; Bulls; Corticoids; Progestogens; Steers

Indexed keywords

EPITESTOSTERONE; HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; PRASTERONE; PREGNENOLONE; STEROID; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; MALE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MEAT; METABOLISM; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARD;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE; EPITESTOSTERONE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HORMONES; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MEAT; PREGNENOLONE; QUALITY CONTROL; STEROIDS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0032085119     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1998.7661621x     Document Type: Article

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