Effect of testosterone and growth hormone injection before puberty on follicles size, rate of egg production and egg characteristics of the Mazandaran Native breeder hens

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 7, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 3149-3154

  Pirsaraei, Z Ansari ^a   Shahneh, A Zare ^a   Zaghari, M ^a   Zamiri, M J ^b   Mianji, G Rahimi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c Sari Agricultural and Natural Resources University   (Iran)

Author keywords

Breeder hen; Egg production; Follicle size; Growth hormone; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EGG LAYING; EGG PRODUCTION; EGG SHELL; EGG SIZE; FEMALE; HEN; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; PREPUBERTY; RANDOMIZATION;

PIERIS BRASSICAE; PIERIS RAPAE;

EID: 51849095444     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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