Dose-response studies for pituitary and testicular function in male dogs treated with the GnRH superagonist, deslorelin

Reproduction in Domestic Animals

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 725-734

  Junaidi, A ^a,d   Williamson, P E ^a   Martin, G B ^b   Blackberry, M A ^b   Cummins, J M ^a   Trigg, T E ^c  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c TEVA PHARMACEUTICALS   (Israel)

^d GADJAH MADA UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESLORELIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; GONADORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; TESTOSTERONE; TRIPTORELIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CYTOLOGY; DOG; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG IMPLANT; DRUG POTENTIATION; HISTOLOGY; HYPOPHYSIS; KINETICS; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS, MALE; DOGS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG IMPLANTS; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; KINETICS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; PITUITARY GLAND; SEMEN; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; TRIPTORELIN;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 70349198004     PISSN: 09366768     EISSN: 14390531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0531.2008.01060.x     Document Type: Article

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