The pattern of melatonin secretion is rhythmic in the domestic pig and responds rapidly to changes in daylength

Journal of Pineal Research

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 294-300

  Tast, Anssi ^a,b   Love, Robert J ^b   Evans, Gareth ^b   Telsfer, Shevahn ^b   Giles, Roger ^b   Nicholls, Paul ^c   Voultsios, Athena ^d   Kennaway, David J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Circadian; Domestic pig; Lighting; Melatonin; Seasonal infertility

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; INFERTILITY; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MALE; NONHUMAN; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SEASON; SWINE; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; MALE; MELATONIN; SWINE;

EID: 0034766666     PISSN: 07423098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-079X.2001.310402.x     Document Type: Article

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