Serum thyroid hormones and reproductive characteristics of Rambouillet ewe lambs treated with propylthiouracil before puberty

Theriogenology

Volumn 59, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 1403-1413

  Wells, N H ^a   Hallford, D M ^a   Hernandez, J A ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Puberty; Reproduction; Sheep; Thyroxine; Triiodothyronine

Indexed keywords

ANTITHYROID AGENT; LIOTHYRONINE; PROGESTERONE; PROPYLTHIOURACIL; THYROXINE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; MALE; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZATION; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL MATURATION; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTITHYROID AGENTS; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; MALE; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE; PROPYLTHIOURACIL; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL MATURATION; SHEEP; THYROXINE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

ANIMALIA; DRYAS IULIA; LAMB; MEDICAGO SATIVA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0037354990     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(02)01184-6     Document Type: Article

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