Testicular blood flow and plasma concentrations of testosterone and total estrogen in the stallion after the administration of human chorionic gonadotropin

Journal of Reproduction and Development

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 335-339

  Bollwein, Heinrich ^a   Schulze, Johann Joachim ^a   Miyamoto, Akio ^b   Sieme, Harald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Estrogen; Human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG); Stallion; Testicular blood flow; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ESTROGEN; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD FLOW; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ECHOGRAPHY; HORSE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; TESTIS; TIME; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ESTROGENS; HORSES; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

BOVINE FOAMY VIRUS;

EID: 55849116030     PISSN: 09168818     EISSN: 13484400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1262/jrd.20014     Document Type: Article

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