Onset of puberty in pasture-raised Thoroughbreds born in southern hemisphere spring and autumn

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 499-504

  Brown Douglas, C G ^a   Firth, E C ^a   Parkinson, T J ^a   Fennessy, P F ^b  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b ABACUSBIO LIMITED   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Horse; Out of season foaling; Progesterone; Puberty; Testosterone; Thoroughbred

Indexed keywords

PROGESTERONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORSE; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; ONSET AGE; OVULATION; PASTURE; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; PUBERTY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPRING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; WINTER;

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 4544243067     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2746/0425164044877422     Document Type: Article

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