Adrenal-thyroid pineal interaction and effect of exogenous melatonin during summer in crossbred cattle

Indian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 75, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 915-921

  Aggarwal, Anjuli ^a,b   Upadhyay, R C ^a,b   Singh, S V ^a,b   Kumar, Parveen ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL DAIRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b Dairy Cattle Physiology Division

Author keywords

Animal physiology; Catecholamines; Circadian levels; Cortisol; Heifers; Melatonin; Thyroidal hormones

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 33644691791     PISSN: 03678318     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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