Seasonality and the melatonin signal in relation to age as correlated to the sexual cycle of the one-humped male camel (Camelus dromedarius)

Biological Rhythm Research

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 131-142

  Qarawi, Ali Abdulla Al ^a   ElMougy, Samy Ahmed ^a  

^a QASSIM UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Camelus dromedarius; FSH; LH; Melatonin; Prolactin; Rutting; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; FOLLITROPIN; FORMALDEHYDE; HEMATOXYLIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MELATONIN; PROLACTIN; TESTOSTERONE;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FLOOD; HISTOLOGY; HORMONE; IMMUNOASSAY; PIGMENT; RUMINANT; SEASONALITY; TESTOSTERONE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAMEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOLOGY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEXUALITY; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALIA; CAMELIDAE; CAMELUS DROMEDARIUS;

EID: 38549088325     PISSN: 09291016     EISSN: 17444179     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09291010701424739     Document Type: Article

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