The effects of recombinant LHRH fusion proteins on testicular development and histology in ram lambs

Deutsche Tierarztliche Wochenschrift

Volumn 108, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 459-464

  Ulker H ^a   Kanter, M ^a   Gokdal O ^a   De Avila, D M ^b   Reeves, J J ^b  

^a YUZUNCU YIL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; OVALBUMIN; THIOREDOXIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSTATE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHEEP; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; IMMUNIZATION; MALE; OVALBUMIN; PROSTATE; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SHEEP; TESTIS; THIOREDOXIN;

EID: 0035516415     PISSN: 03416593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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