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dc.contributor.advisorWise, Mark E.en_US
dc.contributor.authorRodriguez, Rafael Eduardo, 1963-
dc.creatorRodriguez, Rafael Eduardo, 1963-en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-03-28T10:25:28Zen
dc.date.available2013-03-28T10:25:28Zen
dc.date.issued1989en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10150/277009en
dc.description.abstractA series of experiments were conducted to investigate the regulatory mechanisms governing the absence of and the initiation of pulsatile pituitary LH secretion during the infantile and prepubertal periods of development in the bull calf. In the first experiment, patterns of hypothalamic GnRH secretion into hypophyseal portal vessels were measured in sixteen Holstein bull calves at 2, 5, 8 and 12 weeks of age. The results of this study correlated the attainment of an hourly rate of pulsatile GnRH release to the onset of prepubertal LH secretion. In the second experiment, nine Holstein bull calves were infused with exogenous GnRH (200 ng) on an hourly basis from 1 to 6 weeks of age. From this experiment, we were able to demonstrate that an hourly rate of pulsatile GnRH release stimulates the age-associated changes in the hypothalamic-pituitary axis necessary for initiating pituitary LH secretion during the transition from the infantile to prepubertal period of development.
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherThe University of Arizona.en_US
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dc.subjectCalves -- Development.en_US
dc.subjectCattle -- Fertility.en_US
dc.subjectLuteinizing hormone.en_US
dc.subjectLuteinizing hormone releasing hormone.en_US
dc.titleRegulation of LH and GnRH secretion during prepubertal development in the bull calfen_US
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dc.typeThesis-Reproduction (electronic)en_US
dc.identifier.oclc22806581en_US
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Arizonaen_US
thesis.degree.levelmastersen_US
dc.identifier.proquest1336896en_US
thesis.degree.disciplineGraduate Collegeen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineAnimal Sciencesen_US
thesis.degree.nameM.S.en_US
dc.identifier.bibrecord.b17504351en_US
refterms.dateFOA2018-06-17T05:12:11Z
html.description.abstractA series of experiments were conducted to investigate the regulatory mechanisms governing the absence of and the initiation of pulsatile pituitary LH secretion during the infantile and prepubertal periods of development in the bull calf. In the first experiment, patterns of hypothalamic GnRH secretion into hypophyseal portal vessels were measured in sixteen Holstein bull calves at 2, 5, 8 and 12 weeks of age. The results of this study correlated the attainment of an hourly rate of pulsatile GnRH release to the onset of prepubertal LH secretion. In the second experiment, nine Holstein bull calves were infused with exogenous GnRH (200 ng) on an hourly basis from 1 to 6 weeks of age. From this experiment, we were able to demonstrate that an hourly rate of pulsatile GnRH release stimulates the age-associated changes in the hypothalamic-pituitary axis necessary for initiating pituitary LH secretion during the transition from the infantile to prepubertal period of development.


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