Influence of light environment and photoperiod on plasma melatonin and cortisol profiles in young domestic boars, comparing two commercial melatonin assays

Domestic Animal Endocrinology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 261-274

  Andersson, H ^a   Lillpers, K ^a   Rydhmer, L ^a   Forsberg, M ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; MELATONIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARKNESS; FEMALE; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOASSAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIGHT; MALE; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RANDOMIZATION; SWEDEN; SWINE; WEANING;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HYDROCORTISONE; IMMUNOASSAY; LIGHT; MALE; MELATONIN; PHOTOPERIOD; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SWEDEN; SWINE;

EID: 0034537572     PISSN: 07397240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0739-7240(00)00083-7     Document Type: Article

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