Comparative response of rams and bulls to long-term treatment with gonadotropin-releasing hormone analogs

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 98, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 204-224

  Jimenez Severiano H ^a,b   D'Occhio, M J ^c   Lunstra, D D ^d   Mussard, M L ^a,b   Davis, T L ^a,b   Enright, W J ^e   Kinder, J E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d U S MEAT ANIMAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e INTERVET INTERNATIONAL BV   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cattle; FSH; GnRH; GnRH analogs; LH; Male sexual function; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

DRUG DERIVATIVE; FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN; GONADOTROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CATTLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; DRUG ANTAGONISM; MALE; METABOLISM; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SECRETION; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; GONADOTROPINS, PITUITARY; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SHEEP; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 33847385378     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2006.02.014     Document Type: Article

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