Testosterone, LH and FSH episodic secretory patterns in GnRH-immunized bulls

Journal of Reproduction and Fertility

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 85-94

  Finnerty, M ^a,b   Enright, W J ^a   Roche, J F ^b  

^a GRANGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; SERUM ALBUMIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLITROPIN RELEASE; IMMUNIZATION; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; TESTOSTERONE RELEASE;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; FRIESIA;

EID: 37849188865     PISSN: 00224251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/jrf.0.1140085     Document Type: Article

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