Effects of ovariectomy and anabolic steroid implantation on the somatotrophic axis in feedlot heifers
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C.R. Bailey, G.C. Duff, S.R. Sanders, S.P. Cuneo, C.P. McMurphy, S.W. Limesand, J.A. Marchello, D.W. Schafer, M.L. Rhoads and D.M. Hallford 1 Department of Animal Sciences, The University of Arizona, P.O. Box 210038, Tucson, Arizona 85721-0038, U. S. A. 2 Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Tennessee-Martin, Martin, TN 38237, USA 3 Department of Animal and Range Sciences, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, 88003, USA
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