Reproduction in high body condition mares with high versus low leptin concentrations

Theriogenology

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 923-928

  Waller, Cara A ^a   Thompson Jr , Donald L ^a   Cartmill, Joshua A ^a   Storer, William A ^a   Huff, Nan K ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Insulin; Leptin; Mares; Ovary; Vernal transition

Indexed keywords

EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 33746907463     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2006.02.033     Document Type: Article

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