The effects of melatonin application on some haematological parameters and thyroid hormones and testosterone in male goats' non-breeding season

Veterinarski Arhiv

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 281-287

  Dönmez, Nurcan ^a   Karaca, Fikret ^a   Belge, Ferda ^a   Ateş, Cafer Tayyar ^a  

^a YUZUNCU YIL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Male goat; Testosterone; Thyroid hormones

Indexed keywords

BETANIDINE; LIOTHYRONINE; MELATONIN; TESTOSTERONE; THYROID HORMONE; THYROXINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; GOAT; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; IMPLANTATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; RANDOMIZATION; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; THYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS; ENTEROBACTERIA PHAGE T4;

EID: 4243061644     PISSN: 03725480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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