PROGESTERONE BLOCKADE OF ESTROGEN-INDUCED LH RELEASE IN ANESTRUAL EWES
- 1 June 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Canadian Science Publishing in Canadian Journal of Animal Science
- Vol. 58 (2) , 329-331
- https://doi.org/10.4141/cjas78-043
Abstract
A release of luteinizing hormone (LH) was induced in anestrual ewes following an injection of 50 μg or 1 mg estradiol-17 β (E2). Daily injections of 30 mg progesterone, ending 4 h before estrogen, were completely effective in blocking the induced LH release if begun at least 1 day before 50 μg E2 or 3 days before 1 mg E 2. Ewes releasing LH had an accompanying release of follicle-stimulating hormone.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
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- THE PROFILE OF FOLLICLE-STIMULATING HORMONE SECRETION IN THE RAMCanadian Journal of Animal Science, 1976