Photoperiod and luteinizing hormone secretion in domestic and wild pigs

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 103, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 99-106

  Halli O ^a   Peltoniemi, O A T ^a   Tast, A ^a   Virolainen, J V ^a   Munsterhjelm, C ^a   Valros, A ^a   Heinonen, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Luteinizing hormone and oestradiol; Photoperiod; Pig; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; FEMALE; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASON; SECRETION; SWINE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PHOTOPERIOD; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONS; SWINE;

OVIS ARIES; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA; SUS SCROFA DOMESTICA;

EID: 36049040348     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2006.11.019     Document Type: Article

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