LH release in mink (Mustela vison). Pattern of the LH surge and effect of metabolic status

Reproduction Nutrition Development

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 229-247

  Tauson, Anne Helene ^a   Fink, Rikke ^a   Forsberg, Mats ^b,c   Lagerkvist, Gabrielle ^b,c   Wamberg, Søren ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c Department of Clinical Chemistry ^*  (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Body condition; Energy supply; Heat production; Luteinizing hormone; Metabolic hormones; Mink; Oestradiol; Substrate oxidation

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; INSULIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; SOMATOMEDIN C; THYROID HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY CONSTITUTION; BREEDING; CALORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPULATION; DELAYED IMPLANTATION; DIET RESTRICTION; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY RESOURCE; FEEDING; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MATING; METABOLISM; MINK; NONHUMAN; OVULATION INDUCTION; REFEEDING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; THERMOGENESIS;

ANIMALIA; MUSTELA VISON;

EID: 0033938333     PISSN: 09265287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/rnd:2000128     Document Type: Article

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