Higher thyroid hormone levels in neonatal life result in reduced testis volume in postpubertal bulls

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 352-357

  Majdic, G ^a   Snoj, T ^a   Horvat, A ^b   Mrkun, J ^a   Kosec, M ^a   Cestnik, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b Centre for Artificial Insemination   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Bull; Sertoli cell proliferation; Testis volume; Thyroid hormones

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; THYROID HORMONE; THYROXINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SERTOLI CELL; TESTIS SIZE; THYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CATTLE; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; TESTIS; THYROXINE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

EID: 0032437021     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2605.1998.00136.x     Document Type: Article

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