Article
Estradiol regulation of luteinizing hormone secretion in heifers of two breed types that reach puberty at different ages.
Biology of reproduction - 1 Mar 2002
Rodrigues H D, Kinder J E, Fitzpatrick L A
Abstract excerpt
The working hypothesis was that 17 beta-estradiol (E(2)) negative feedback on the hypothalamic-pituitary axis in regulation of LH secretion decreases during peripuberty in heifers of 2 different genotypes. We investigated whether Bos indicus heifers had a period postpuberty, as compared with prepuberty, of greater E(2) inhibition of LH secretion at a time when heifers of this genotype have been reported to have a...
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