Annual pattern of plasma melatonin and progesterone concentrations in hair and wool ewe lambs kept under natural photoperiod at lower latitudes in the southern hemisphere

Journal of Pineal Research

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 101-107

  Coelho, L A ^a   Rodrigues, P A ^b   Nonaka, K O ^c   Sasa, A ^a   Balieiro, J C C ^a   Vicente, W R R ^d   Cipolla Neto, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE DE FRANCA   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

^d SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Hair sheep; Melatonin; Natural photoperiod; Progesterone; Seasonal reproduction

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAIR; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; LAMB; MELATONIN BLOOD LEVEL; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; SEASONAL VARIATION; WOOL;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HAIR; MELATONIN; PHOTOPERIOD; PROGESTERONE; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SHEEP; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WOOL;

EID: 33746517914     PISSN: 07423098     EISSN: 1600079X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-079X.2006.00333.x     Document Type: Article

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