Reproductive hormone profiles in mares during the autumn transition as determined by collection of jugular blood at 6 h intervals throughout ovulatory and anovulatory cycles

Journal of Reproduction and Fertility

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 101-109

  Irvine, C H G ^a   Alexander, S L ^a   McKinnon, A O ^b  

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONJUGATED ESTROGEN; FOLLITROPIN; INHIBIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROGESTERONE; PROLACTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; FOLLITROPIN RELEASE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORSE; LUTEAL PHASE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; LUTEOLYSIS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NONHUMAN; OVARY FUNCTION; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER;

ANIMALIA; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 0033953927     PISSN: 00224251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/jrf.0.1180101     Document Type: Article

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