Effects of a gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist implant on reproduction in a male marsupial, Macropus eugenii

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1836-1842

  Herbert, C A ^a   Trigg, T E ^b   Renfree, M B ^c   Shaw, G ^c   Eckery, D C ^d   Cooper, D W ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b TEVA PHARMACEUTICALS   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d AGRESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Gonadotropin releasing hormone; Luteinizing hormone; Pituitary; Testis; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

DESLORELIN; GONADORELIN AGONIST; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PLACEBO; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESENSITIZATION; DOSE RESPONSE; HYPOPHYSIS; IMPLANT; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MACROPUS EUGENII; MALE; MARSUPIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; TESTIS SIZE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TESTOSTERONE RELEASE;

ANIMALS; DRUG IMPLANTS; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MACROPODIDAE; MALE; PITUITARY GLAND; REPRODUCTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; TIME FACTORS; TRIPTORELIN;

ANIMALIA; MACROPODIDAE; MACROPUS; MACROPUS EUGENII; METATHERIA;

EID: 2642588122     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.103.025122     Document Type: Article

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