Effects of phosphate, prostaglandins, arachidonic acid and arginine vasotocin on oviposition and pigment secretion from the shell gland in Japanese quail

British Poultry Science

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 131-134

  Soh, T ^a   Koga, O ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; ARGIPRESTOCIN; PHOSPHATE; PIGMENT; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COTURNIX; DRUG EFFECT; EGG LAYING; EXOCRINE GLAND; FEMALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SECRETION; UTERUS;

ANIMALS; ARACHIDONIC ACID; COTURNIX; DINOPROST; DINOPROSTONE; EXOCRINE GLANDS; FEMALE; OVIPOSITION; PHOSPHATES; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; UTERUS; VASOTOCIN;

EID: 0033238089     PISSN: 00071668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00071669987962     Document Type: Article

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