Serum testosterone concentration, efficiency of estrus detection and libido expression in androgenized beef cows

Theriogenology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1195-1207

  Nix, J P ^a   Spitzer, J C ^a   Chenoweth, P J ^b  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgenized cows; Detection of estrus; Dominance; Libido; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; PLACEBO; SYNOVEX; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD SAMPLING; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; ESTRUS; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; LIBIDO; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RANDOMIZATION; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; STATISTICS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; ESTRADIOL; ESTRUS; FEMALE; LIBIDO; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 0032523115     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(98)00067-3     Document Type: Article

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