Blood testosterone levels in Italian Mediterranean buffalo bulls managed in two different breeding conditions

Theriogenology

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1137-1144

  Malfatti, A ^a   Barbato, O ^b   Todini, L ^a   Terzano, G M ^c   Debenedetti, A ^b   Borghese, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^c Ist Sperimentale per la Zootecnia   (Italy)

Author keywords

Buffalo bull; Reproduction; Seasonality; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BREEDING; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ITALY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; SEASON;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; CATTLE; ITALY; MALE; SEASONS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 33644679200     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2005.07.012     Document Type: Article

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