Circulating concentrations of estradiol, luteinizing hormone, and follicle-stimulating hormone during waves of ovarian follicular development in prepubertal cattle

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 405-412

  Melvin, E J ^a,c   Lindsey, B R ^a   Quintal Franco, J ^a,d   Zanella, E ^a   Fike, K E ^a   Van Tassell, C P ^b,e   Kinder, J E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b U S MEAT ANIMAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES FORESTALES   (Mexico)

^e AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CELL GROWTH; FEMALE; GROWTH RATE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL MATURATION;

AGING; ANIMALS; CATTLE; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; PERIODICITY; SEXUAL MATURATION;

EID: 0032919722     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod60.2.405     Document Type: Article

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