Reciprocal Interaction between Seasonal Testis and Thyroid Activity in Zembra Island Wild Rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus): Effects of Castration, Thyroidectomy, Temperature, and Photoperiod

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1001-1009

  Ben Saad, M M ^a   Maurel, Daniel L ^b  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Male sexual function; Seasonal reproduction; Testis; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN; TESTOSTERONE; THYROID HORMONE; THYROXINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GONAD; MALE; NONHUMAN; OVARY CYCLE; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; REPRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEXUAL FUNCTION; TEMPERATURE; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; THYROID GLAND; THYROIDECTOMY; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; TUNISIA;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BODY WEIGHT; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; PHOTOPERIOD; RABBITS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; THYROID GLAND; THYROIDECTOMY; THYROXINE;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 1642317609     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.103.020008     Document Type: Article

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