Spontaneous ovarian adenocarcinoma in the domestic turkey breeder hen (Meleagris gallopavo): Effects of photoperiod and melatonin

Neuroendocrinology Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 94-101

  Moore, Christopher B ^a   Siopes, Thomas D ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenocarcinoma; Avian; Cancer; Light; Melatonin; Model; Ovary; Photoperiod; Turkey

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; EXPOSURE; NONHUMAN; OVARY ADENOCARCINOMA; PHOTOPERIODICITY; TUMOR GROWTH; TURKEY (BIRD); ADENOCARCINOMA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BIRD DISEASE; DISEASE MODEL; FEMALE; LIGHT; METABOLISM; OVARY TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; LIGHT; MELATONIN; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PHOTOPERIOD; POULTRY DISEASES; TURKEYS;

EID: 3242806760     PISSN: 0172780X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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