Induction of puberty in West African Dwarf buck-kids with exogenous melatonin

Livestock Research for Rural Development

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2007, Pages

  Daramola, J O ^a   Adeloye, A A ^a   Fatoba, T A ^a   Soladoye, A O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Buck kids; Induction; Melatonin; Puberty

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548685886     PISSN: None     EISSN: 01213784     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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