Twenty-four hour changes in androgens, cortisol and prolactin concentrations in primitive Asiatic pigs

Journal of Animal and Feed Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 557-567

  Gromadzka Ostrowska, Joanna ^a   Barcikowski, B ^b   Jakubów Durska, Krystyna ^c  

^a WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b KIELANOWSKI INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY AND NUTRITION   (Poland)

^c Child and Mother Institute ^*  (Poland)

Author keywords

Androgens; Circadian rhythm; Cortisol; Primitive pigs; Prolactin

Indexed keywords

SUS; SUS SCROFA; SUS SCROFA VITTATUS;

EID: 0346388777     PISSN: 12301388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22358/jafs/69180/1999     Document Type: Article

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