The effect of acute nutritional change on follicle wave turnover, gonadotropin, and steroid concentration in beef heifers

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 429-442

  Mackey, D R ^a,b   Wylie, A R G ^c   Sreenan, J M ^a   Roche, J F ^b   Diskin, M G ^a  

^a TEAGASC   (Ireland)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^c Agric and Environ Science Division   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Follicles; FSH; Heifers; LH; Nutrition; Steroids

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS;

FOLLITROPIN; INSULIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; STEROID;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CATTLE; ECHOGRAPHY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; ESTRUS SYNCHRONIZATION; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; INSULIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY; STEROIDS;

EID: 0034133705     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/2000.782429x     Document Type: Article

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