Somatotrophs and lactotrophs: An immunohistochemical study of Gallus domesticus pituitary gland at different stages of induced moult

European Journal of Histochemistry

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 123-127

  Sandhu, Mansur A ^a   Rahman, Z U ^b   Riaz, A ^a   RAhaman, S A ^b   Javed, I ^b   Ullah, N ^a  

^a PMAS ARID AGRICULTURE UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Chicken; Lactotrophs; Moult; Pituitary gland; Somatotrophs

Indexed keywords

GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 77953164919     PISSN: 1121760X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/ejh.2010.e25     Document Type: Article

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