Circadian and pulsatile variations in plasma levels of inhibin, FSH, LH and testosterone in adult Murrah buffalo bulls

Theriogenology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 283-292

  Dixit, V D ^a   Singh, Baljit ^a   Singh, P ^a   Georgie, G C ^a   Galhotra, M M ^a   Dixit, V P ^a  

^a CCS HARYANA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Buffalo; Circadian; Gonadotrophins; Inhibin; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; GONADOTROPIN; INHIBIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BUFFALO; CATTLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PULSATILE FLOW; PULSATILE HORMONE RELEASE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; BUFFALOES; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; INHIBINS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; PULSATILE FLOW; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BUBALUS;

EID: 0032528538     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(98)00136-8     Document Type: Article

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