Blood melatonin and prolactin concentrations in dairy cows exposed to 60 Hz electric and magnetic fields during 8 h photoperiods

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 508-515

  Rodriguez, M ^a   Petitclerc, D ^b   Burchard, J F ^a   Nguyen, D H ^c   Block, E ^d  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^c HYDRO QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^d Church & Dwight Co   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternating current; Extremely low frequency; Feed intake; Magnetic field; Melatonin; Prolactin

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; HORMONES;

ALTERNATING CURRENT; DAIRY COW; ELECTRIC AND MAGNETIC FIELDS; EXPOSED TO; EXTREMELY LOW FREQUENCIES; FEED INTAKE; FIELD EXPOSURE; MAGNETIC-FIELD; MELATONIN; PROLACTIN;

MAGNETIC FIELDS;

MELATONIN; PROLACTIN;

ADOLESCENT; ALTERNATING CURRENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY CATTLE; DAY LENGTH; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ESTRUS CYCLE; EXTREMELY LOW FREQUENCY MAGNETIC FIELD; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HORIZONTAL MAGNETIC FIELD; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE RESPONSE; LACTATION; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MELATONIN BLOOD LEVEL; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; VERTICAL ELECTRIC FIELD;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 7044229893     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bem.20024     Document Type: Article

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