Pituitary and testicular endocrine responses to exogenous gonadotrophin-releasing hormone (GnRH) and luteinising hormone in male dogs treated with GnRH agonist implants

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 891-898

  Junaidi, A ^a,b,e   Williamson, P E ^a   Martin, G B ^b   Stanton, P G ^c   Blackberry, M A ^b   Cummins, J M ^a   Trigg, T E ^d  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c HUDSON INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^d TEVA PHARMACEUTICALS   (Israel)

^e GADJAH MADA UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Desensitisation; Deslorelin; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

DESLORELIN; GONADORELIN; GONADORELIN AGONIST; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANDROGEN SYNTHESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESENSITIZATION; DOG; DRUG FORMULATION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE RELEASE; HYPOPHYSIS; IMPLANT; IMPLANTATION; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; SLOW DRUG RELEASE; SPERMATOZOON; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DOGS; DRUG IMPLANTS; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; PITUITARY GLAND; RANDOM ALLOCATION; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; TRIPTORELIN;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 35648977176     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD07088     Document Type: Article

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