Plasma concentrations of inhibin a in cattle with follicular cysts: Relationships with turnover of follicular waves and plasma levels of gonadotropins and steroid hormones

Domestic Animal Endocrinology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 333-344

  Todoroki, Junichi ^a   Noguchi, Junko ^b   Kikuchi, Kazuhiro ^b   Ohnuma, Katsuhiko ^b   Ozawa, Manabu ^b   Kaneko, Hiroyuki ^b  

^a Cattle Breed Devmt Inst K   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cattle; Follicular cysts; Follicular waves; FSH; Inhibin A

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; INHIBIN; INHIBIN A; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROGESTERONE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANOVULATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; FOLLICLE CYST; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; OVARY FOLLICLE; PERIODICITY; SECRETION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANOVULATION; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; ESTRADIOL; FEEDBACK, BIOCHEMICAL; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; FOLLICULAR CYST; INHIBINS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; PERIODICITY; PROGESTERONE;

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 7044272687     PISSN: 07397240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.domaniend.2004.05.002     Document Type: Article

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