Endocrine characteristics of late pregnant hyperketonaemic ewes and their reproductive performance following the induction of ovarian cyclicity out of the breeding season

Acta Veterinaria Hungarica

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 235-249

  Kulcsár, Margit ^a   Dankó, Gabriella ^b   Delavaud, Carole ^c   Mircu, C ^d   Nikolic, Anna J ^e   Gaspardy A ^a   Cernescu, H ^d   Chilliard, Y ^c   Cseh, S ^a   Rudas, P ^a   Huszenicza, Gyula ^a  

^a SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^c UMR1213 HERBIVORES   (France)

^d Banat University   (Serbia)

^e Institute for the Application of Nuclear Energy   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Ewe; IGF I; Ketosis; Leptin; Ovary; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; OVIS;

EID: 33745218304     PISSN: 02366290     EISSN: 15882705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/AVet.54.2006.2.10     Document Type: Article

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