Seasonal variation of thyroid hormones and cortisol of sheep in tropical environment;Variação estacional dos hormônios tireoideanos e do cortisol em ovinos em ambiente tropical

Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 2064-2073

  Starling, Josiane Maria Cardoso ^a   Da Silva, Roberto Gomes ^b   Negrão, João Alberto ^c   Maia, Alex Sandro Campos ^b   Bueno, Andrea Roberto ^a  

^a Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Sheep; Thyroid hormones; Tropical environment

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 31544481177     PISSN: 15163598     EISSN: 15163598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1516-35982005000600032     Document Type: Article

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