Effects of melatonin implants in pony mares 1. Acute effects

Theriogenology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1113-1123

  Peltier, M R ^a   Robinson, G ^a   Sharp, D C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Estradiol; Horses; Luteinizing hormone; Melatonin; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MELATONIN; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; BLOOD; BREEDING; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG IMPLANT; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HORMONE ACTION; HORSE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY; OVULATION; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCINTILLATION COUNTING; SECRETION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; DRUG IMPLANTS; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HORSES; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; LINEAR MODELS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MELATONIN; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY; PHOTOPERIOD; PROGESTERONE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCINTILLATION COUNTING;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 0032522890     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(98)00060-0     Document Type: Article

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