Melatonin treatment prior to the normal breeding season increases fetal number in United Kingdom sheep flocks

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 182, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 198-202

  Scott, P R ^a   Sargison, N D ^a   Macrae, A I ^a   Gough, M R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b Unit 3   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biosecurity; Fecundity; Melatonin; Reproduction; Sheep

Indexed keywords

BETANIDINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HERD; LITTER SIZE; MATING; NONHUMAN; POPULATION PRODUCTIVITY; PROFIT; SHEEP FARMING; SLOW RELEASE FORMULATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; DELAYED-ACTION PREPARATIONS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; LITTER SIZE; MALE; MELATONIN; PREGNANCY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SHEEP; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 69949109755     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2008.07.010     Document Type: Article

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