Nutritional effects on the pituitary-ovarian axis during the early post-partum period in autumn-lambing ewes

Animal Science

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 421-431

  Mitchell, L M ^a   Silveira, M ^a   Ranilla, M J ^a   King, M E ^a   Gebbie, F E ^a   Robinson, J J ^a  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ewes; Food intake; GnRH; Pituitary gonadal axis; Post partum period

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; LAMB; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0038463485     PISSN: 13577298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s1357729800058641     Document Type: Article

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