Puberty and serum concentrations of ovarian steroids during prepuberal period in Friesian heifers artificially infected with Fasciola hepatica

Theriogenology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 587-593

  Lopez Diaz C M ^a   Carro, C M ^a   Cadorniga C ^a,c   Diez Banos P ^b   Mezo, M ^a  

^a Centro de Investigacions Agrarias de Mabegondo   (Spain)

^b Universidade de Santiago de Compostela   (Spain)

^c Dept Produccion Animal ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

Fascioliasis; Friesian heifers; Ovarian steroids; Puberty

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; PROGESTERONE;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED PUBERTY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FASCIOLIASIS; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREPUBERTY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SEXUAL MATURATION;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESTRADIOL; FASCIOLIASIS; FEMALE; PROGESTERONE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SEXUAL MATURATION;

EID: 0032170050     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(98)00163-0     Document Type: Article

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