Pituitary GnRH receptor dynamics during continuous infusion of a low dose of GnRH in seasonally anoestrous ewes

Animal Reproduction Science - Tập 25 - Trang 41-49 - 1991
M. Khalid1, W. Haresign1, M.G. Hunter1
1AFRC Research Group on Hormones and Farm Animal Reproduction. University of Nottingham. School of Agriculture, Sutton Bonington, Loughborough, Leicestershire LE12 5RD, UK

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