Peripheral patterns of growth hormone, luteinizing hormone, and progesterone before, at, and after puberty in buffalo heifer

Endocrine Research

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 295-306

  Haldar, A ^a,b   Prakash, B S ^a  

^a NATIONAL DAIRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b BIDHAN CHANDRA KRISHI VISWAVIDYALAYA   (India)

Author keywords

Buffalo; Growth hormone; Luteinizing hormone; Progesterone; Puberty

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY WEIGHT; BUFFALO; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORRELATION FUNCTION; DIET; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; NONHUMAN; OVARY FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; PUBERTY; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; BUFFALOES; ESTRUS; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; OVULATION; PROGESTERONE; SEXUAL MATURATION;

EID: 32144433514     PISSN: 07435800     EISSN: 15324206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07435800500422608     Document Type: Article

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