Treatment of lactating sows with the dopamine agonist Cabergoline: Effects on LH and prolactin secretion and responses to challenges with naloxone and morphine

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 233-247

  De Rensis, F ^a   Quintavalla, F ^b   Foxcroft, G R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b Ist di Clin Ostetrica Veterinaria   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dopamine; Lactation; LH; Opioid; Pig endocrinology; Prolactin

Indexed keywords

CABERGOLINE; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ERGOLINE DERIVATIVE; ESTRADIOL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MORPHINE; NALOXONE; NARCOTIC AGENT; NARCOTIC ANTAGONIST; PROLACTIN;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; LACTATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RANDOMIZATION; SECRETION; SWINE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; DOPAMINE AGONISTS; ERGOLINES; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; LACTATION; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MORPHINE; NALOXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; NARCOTICS; PROLACTIN; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0032524395     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4320(98)00066-9     Document Type: Article

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