Ontogeny of luteinizing hormone and estradiol secretion in turkey hens exposed to different photoperiods from hatch to sixty weeks of age

Poultry Science

Volumn 78, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1611-1618

  Yang, Jingying ^a   Long, David W ^a   Bacon, Wayne L ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Estradiol; Luteinizing hormone; Photoperiod; Puberty; Turkey

Indexed keywords

AVES; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO;

ESTRADIOL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SECRETION; TURKEY (BIRD);

AGING; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PHOTOPERIOD; TURKEYS;

EID: 0033228575     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/78.11.1611     Document Type: Article

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