Changes in concentrations of plasma immunoreactive follicle-stimulating hormone, luteinizing hormone, estradiol-17β, testosterone, progesterone, and inhibin in heifers from birth to puberty

Domestic Animal Endocrinology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 57-69

  Nakada, K ^a   Moriyoshi, M ^a   Nakao, T ^a   Watanabe, G ^b   Taya, K ^b  

^a RAKUNO GAKUEN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; GONADOTROPIN; INHIBIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROGESTERONE; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BLOOD; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HORMONE DETERMINATION; NONHUMAN; OVULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PUBERTY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL MATURATION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CATTLE; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; GONADOTROPINS; INHIBINS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROGESTERONE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REFERENCE VALUES; SEXUAL MATURATION; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 0033954082     PISSN: 07397240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0739-7240(99)00063-6     Document Type: Article

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