Alterations in reproductive hormones during heat stress in dairy cattle

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 10, Issue 29, 2011, Pages 5552-5558

  Khodaei Motlagh, M ^a   Zare Shahneh, A ^b   Masoumi, R ^b   Derensis, Fabio ^c  

^a ARAK UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dairy cow and heat stress; Reproductive hormones

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTENEDIONE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; GONADORELIN; GONADOTROPIN; INHIBIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROGESTERONE; PROSTAGLANDIN; SEX HORMONE;

ACUTE STRESS; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CHRONIC STRESS; CORPUS LUTEUM; CORTICOSTEROID RELEASE; DAIRY CATTLE; ENDOMETRIUM; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; ESTRUS CYCLE; FERTILITY; FIXED TIME INSEMINATION; GONAD; GONADORELIN RELEASE; GONADOTROPIN RELEASE; GRANULOSA CELL; HEAT STRESS; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; LACTATION; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVULATION; OVULATION INDUCTION; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; PULSATILE HORMONE RELEASE; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SUMMER; THECA CELL; UTERUS;

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 79959750481     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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