Active immunization against gonadotrophin-releasing hormone in Chinese male pigs

Reproduction in Domestic Animals

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 101-105

  Zeng, X Y ^a,b   Turkstra, J A ^a,b   Van De Wiel, D F M ^a,b   Guo, D Z ^a,b   Liu, X Y ^a,b   Meloen, R H ^a,b   Schaaper, W M M ^a,b   Chen, F Q ^a,b   Oonk, H B ^a,b   Zhang, X ^a,b  

^a SICHUAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; TESTOSTERONE; VACCINE;

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; ORCHIECTOMY; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; SWINE; TESTIS; WEIGHT GAIN;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; IMMUNIZATION; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; ORGAN SIZE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SWINE; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; VACCINES; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 17744370915     PISSN: 09366768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0531.2001.00256.x     Document Type: Article

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