Plasma Melatonin Levels in Relation to the Light-Dark Cycle and Parental Background in Domestic Pigs

Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 287-294

  Andersson, H ^a,b,c  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Genetic

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; NEWBORN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SWINE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; MALE; MELATONIN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SWINE;

EID: 0035223584     PISSN: 0044605X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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