Arginine vasotocin induces bearing down for oviposition in the hen

Poultry Science

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 345-346

  Takahashi, T ^a   Kawashima, M ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arginine vasotocin; Bearing down; Hen; Oviposition

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESTOCIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; OVIPOSITION; VASOTOCIN;

EID: 0037315906     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/82.2.345     Document Type: Article

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