Effect of GnRH and hCG administration on plasma lh and testosterone concentrations in normal stallions, aged stallions and stallions with lack of libido

Veterinary Quarterly

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 84-87

  Parlevliet, J M ^a   Colenbrander, B ^a   Bevers, M M ^a   van de Broek, J ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aged; GnRH; Hcg; LH; Libido; Stallion; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; GONADORELIN; GONADOTROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

AGED; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BREEDING; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORSE; LEYDIG CELL; LIBIDO; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; NONHUMAN; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; VENOUS BLOOD;

AGING; ANIMALS; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HORSES; KINETICS; LIBIDO; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0035015106     PISSN: 01652176     EISSN: 18755941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01652176.2001.9695088     Document Type: Article

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