Enhanced early-life nutrition promotes hormone production and reproductive development in Holstein bulls

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 987-998

  Dance, Alysha ^a   Thundathil, Jacob ^a   Wilde, Randy ^b   Blondin, Patrick ^c   Kastelic, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^c L'Alliance Boviteq Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Holstein bull; Nutrition; Puberty; Testes

Indexed keywords

AGINACTIN PROTEIN, DICTYOSTELIUM; GONADOTROPIN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; BLOOD; BOVINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; METABOLISM; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TESTIS; VETERINARY;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; CATTLE; DIET; GONADOTROPINS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; TESTIS;

EID: 84922276449     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2014-8564     Document Type: Article

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