Differences in reproductive pattern between wild and domestic rams are not associated with inter-specific annual variations in plasma prolactin and melatonin concentrations

Domestic Animal Endocrinology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 416-429

  Santiago Moreno, J ^a   Gomez Brunet A ^a   Gonzalez Bulnes A ^a   Toledano Diaz A ^a   Malpaux, B ^b   Lopez Sebastian A ^a  

^a INIA   (Spain)

^b UMR85 PHYSIOLOGIE DE LA REPRODUCTION ET DES COMPORTEMENTS   (France)

Author keywords

Bulbourethral glands; Melatonin; Prolactin; Seminal vesicles; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

OVIS ARIES; OVIS ARIES MUSIMON;

EID: 16844365617     PISSN: 07397240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.domaniend.2005.02.002     Document Type: Article

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