Castration of male lambs by immunization against GnRH;Die kastration männlicher lämmer mittels immunisierung gegen GnRH

Schweizer Archiv fur Tierheilkunde

Volumn 145, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 291-299

  Janett, F ^a,d   Lanker, U ^b   Jorg H ^c   Hassig M ^a   Thun, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b AO RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d Klinik für Fortpflanzungsmedizin und   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

GnRH; Immunocastration; Lamb; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; IMPROVAC; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY WEIGHT; CASTRATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; GROWTH RATE; IMMUNIZATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN GROWTH; REPRODUCTION; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TESTOSTERONE RELEASE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BLOOD; IMMUNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; ORCHIECTOMY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; SHEEP; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALIA; LAMB; OVIS ARIES; VICTORIA;

ANIMALS; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNIZATION, SECONDARY; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SHEEP; TESTOSTERONE; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0038116463     PISSN: 00367281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/0036-7281.145.6.291     Document Type: Article

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