Sex and season are major determinants of voluntary food intake in sheep

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 13, Issue 7-8, 2001, Pages 577-582

  Clarke, Iain J ^a,b  

^a HUDSON INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Appetite regulating; Neuropeptide Y; Pro opiomelanocortin

Indexed keywords

BRAIN PEPTIDE; LEPTIN; NEUROPEPTIDE Y;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APPETITE; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HAMSTER; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHEEP; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPRING; SUMMER;

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0035572905     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/rd01087     Document Type: Article

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