Influence of age on the relationship between annual changes in horn growth rate and prolactin secretion in the European mouflon (Ovis gmelini musimon)

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 85, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 251-261

  Santiago Moreno, J ^a   Gomez Brunet A ^a   Toledano Diaz A ^a   Gonzalez Bulnes A ^a   Picazo, R A ^b   Lopez Sebastian A ^a  

^a INIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Horn; Melatonin; Mouflon; Prolactin; Scrotal circumference

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN; PROLACTIN;

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; HORN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SECRETION; SHEEP; TESTIS;

AGING; ANIMALS; HORNS; MALE; MELATONIN; PROLACTIN; SEASONS; SHEEP, DOMESTIC; TESTIS;

OVIS; OVIS ARIES; OVIS ARIES MUSIMON;

EID: 9644291511     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2004.04.042     Document Type: Article

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