Season of the year influences testosterone secretion in bulls administered luteinizing hormone

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1023-1029

  Jimenez Severiano H ^a,b,c   Quintal Franco, J ^c   Vega Murillo, V ^c   Zanella, E ^d   Wehrman, M E ^e   Lindsey, B R ^f   Melvin, E J ^g   Kinder, J E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES FORESTALES   (Mexico)

^d EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^e Rocky Mt Reproduction Services   (United States)

^f AB Technology   (United States)

^g WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cattle; Male Animals; Seasonal Variation; Testes; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE;

LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CATTLE; DOSE RESPONSE; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; SEASON; SECRETION; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; AREA UNDER CURVE; CATTLE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SEASONS; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0041627414     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/2003.8141023x     Document Type: Article

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