Serum concentrations of melatonin during scotophase and photophase in 3, 4, 5 and 6 month old gilts and barrows

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 57, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 99-110

  Green, Mike L ^a   Clapper, Jeff A ^a   Diekman, Mark ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Barrow; Ewe; Melatonin; Pig sheep

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; ILLUMINATION; MALE; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SEXUAL MATURATION; SWINE;

ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; LIGHTING; MALE; MELATONIN; PHOTOPERIOD; SEASONS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL MATURATION; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0033621257     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4320(99)00049-4     Document Type: Article

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