Boar pheromone androstenol may affect the ovarian morphology in cycling gilts by humoral pathway

Folia Histochemica et Cytobiologica

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 155-156

  Stefanczyk Krzymowska S ^a   Wasowska, B ^a   Jana, B ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL REPRODUCTION AND FOOD RESEARCH   (Poland)

Author keywords

Androstenol; Male pheromones; Ovary; Reproduction; Sow

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTANE DERIVATIVE; SEX PHEROMONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM; DRUG MECHANISM; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HISTOLOGY; HYPOPHYSIS FUNCTION; LUTEAL PHASE; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; NOSE CAVITY; OLFACTORY EPITHELIUM; OLFACTORY NERVE; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY FUNCTION; OVULATION INHIBITION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0036247014     PISSN: 02398508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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