Plasma melatonin in domestic female Mediterranean sheep (Comisana breed) and goats (Maltese and Red Syrian)

Research in Veterinary Science

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 35-39

  Todini, L ^a   Terzano, G M ^b   Borghese, A ^b   Debenedetti, A ^c   Malfatti, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

^b Istituto Sperimentale Per la Zootecnia   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ewe; Goat; Melatonin; Photoperiod; Season

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAY LENGTH; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; EWE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GOAT; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; NONHUMAN; REPRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES COMPARISON; WEIGHT CHANGE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GOATS; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MELATONIN; PHOTOPERIOD; SHEEP; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 78650900307     PISSN: 00345288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2010.05.013     Document Type: Article

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