Use of growth hormone response to growth hormone-releasing hormone to determine growth potential in beef heifers

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1566-1572

  Auchtung, T L ^a   Connor, E E ^a,b   Barao, S M ^a   Douglass, L W ^a   Dahl, G E ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Beef Cattle; Hypothalamic Releasing Hormones; Selection Criteria

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE;

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; CATTLE; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING;

ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; CATTLE; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE-RELEASING HORMONE; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I;

EID: 0035377977     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/2001.7961566x     Document Type: Article

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